How common is the surname Caputo?

10,257 people in the United States had the surname Caputo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,101 Americans. It ranked 3,483rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Caputo?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Caputo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Caputo?

Luis Caputo, Argentine economist, followed by Dante Caputo.

Where is the surname Caputo most common?

Wikidata records people named Caputo in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Caputo getting more or less common?

More common. 10,141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,257 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Caputo

A surname, carried by 10,257 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caputo is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,257 people named Caputo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,101 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,141.

#3,483

rank among US surnames

10,257

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,237)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,474	Meador	10,292	29,999
#3,475	Sikes	10,280	30,034
#3,476	Hanlon	10,278	30,039
#3,477	Easton	10,276	30,045
#3,479	Rojo	10,275	30,048
#3,480	Motley	10,274	30,051
#3,481	Ballesteros	10,261	30,089

Who is named Caputo

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

93% of people named Caputo identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Caputos

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Luis Caputo
Argentine economist, born 1965
Dante Caputo
Argentine politician (1943-2018)
John D. Caputo
American philosopher, born 1940
Theresa Caputo
American television personality and medium, born 1966
Philip Caputo
American novelist and journalist, 1941–2026

Notable Caputos come mostly from the United States (3) and Argentina (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Caputo

Caputo has the Soundex code C130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C130.

Questions

How common is the surname Caputo?: 10,257 people in the United States had the surname Caputo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,101 Americans. It ranked 3,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Caputo?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Caputo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Caputo?: Luis Caputo, Argentine economist, followed by Dante Caputo.
Where is the surname Caputo most common?: Wikidata records people named Caputo in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Caputo getting more or less common?: More common. 10,141 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,257 in 2010, up 1.1%.