# Napolitano (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/napolitano/  
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) | 7,153 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,917 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,163 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (7,034 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Napolitan |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Napolitano. Piecewise doublet of Neapolitan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Napolitano 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

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

## People named Napolitano

- Janet Napolitano, American politician, lawyer, and academic administrator (born 1957)
- Joe Napolitano, American director (1948–2016)
- Andrew Napolitano, American judge and syndicated columnist
- Dominick Napolitano, American mobster (1930–1981)
- Pappo, Argentine musician (1950–2005)

## Similar surnames

Newbold, Neufeld, Neblett, Noblitt, Niblett.

## 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.