# Capra (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/capra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,352 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,053 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 131,269 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (2,022 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Capra in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Capra in the United States and Austria.

## People named Capra

- Fritjof Capra, American physicist (1939-)
- Francis Capra, American actor
- Beatrice Capra, American tennis player
- Frank Capra, Jr., American film producer (1934–2007)

## Similar surnames

Caprio, Capper, Chaparro, Chopra, Cooper, Chavarria, Chavira, Cofer, Cover, Copper, Caffrey, Cheever.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.