# Caprio (surname)

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

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,955 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,090 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 157,926 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.9% (2,014 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Caprio.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Caprio 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) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Caprio in the United States.

## People named Caprio

- Frank Caprio, American lawyer and politician (1936–2025)

## Similar surnames

Capra, Capper, Chaparro, Cafaro, Cooper, Chavarria, Chavira, Cofer, Cover, Copper, Caffrey, Chopra.

## 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.