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The surname Capuano

A surname, carried by 2,731 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex C150

Capuano: #11,516 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Capuano #11,516, 2,731 people Capuano: #11,516 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Capuano #11,516, 2,731 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Capuano is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,731 people named Capuano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,052 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,816.

#11,516
rank among US surnames
2,731
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
-3%
change since 2000 (was #10,465)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,508Prout2,733112,969
#11,512Situ2,732113,011
#11,516Sublett2,731113,052
#11,522Truett2,730113,094
#11,524Steffes2,729113,135

Who is named Capuano

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Capuano identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Capuanos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Jack Capuano
    American ice hockey player and coach, born 1966
  • Peter of Capua the Elder
    13th century Italian theologian, scholastic philosopher, cardinal and papal legate, 1150–1214

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Capuano

Capuano has the Soundex code C150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C150.

Questions

How common is the surname Capuano?
2,731 people in the United States had the surname Capuano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,052 Americans. It ranked 11,516th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Capuano?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Capuano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Capuano?
Jack Capuano, American ice hockey player and coach, followed by Peter of Capua the Elder.
Where is the surname Capuano most common?
Wikidata records people named Capuano in the United States.
Is the surname Capuano getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,731 in 2010, down 3.0%.