# Napoli (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,127 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,608 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 60,220 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (4,958 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnɑpəli/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Napoli, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”). Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Naples, Neapoli, and Neapolis.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Napoli 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Napoli in the United States.

## People named Napoli

- Mike Napoli, American baseball player

## Similar surnames

Noble, Neville, Nebel, Novello, Newbill, Nobile, Novelli.

## 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.