How common is the surname Napolitano?

7,153 people in the United States had the surname Napolitano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,163 Americans. It ranked 4,917th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Napolitano?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Napolitano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Napolitano?

Janet Napolitano, American politician, lawyer, and academic administrator (born 1957), followed by Joe Napolitano.

Where is the surname Napolitano most common?

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

Is the surname Napolitano getting more or less common?

More common. 7,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,153 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Napolitano

An Italian surname, carried by 7,153 people in the United States.

5 syllables Soundex N143

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Napolitano is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Napolitano. Piecewise doublet of Neapolitan.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,153 people named Napolitano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,163 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,034.

#4,917

rank among US surnames

7,153

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,612)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,908	Pride	7,172	43,049
#4,909	Encarnacion	7,171	43,055
#4,910	Null	7,170	43,061
#4,912	Binkley	7,159	43,127
#4,913	Blodgett	7,157	43,139
#4,914	Garrity	7,156	43,145
#4,915	Phung	7,155	43,151

Who is named Napolitano

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

93% of people named Napolitano identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Napolitanos

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Napolitanos come mostly from the United States (4) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Napolitan

Napolitano has the Soundex code N143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N143.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Napolitano come from?: Borrowed from Italian Napolitano. Piecewise doublet of Neapolitan.
How common is the surname Napolitano?: 7,153 people in the United States had the surname Napolitano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,163 Americans. It ranked 4,917th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Napolitano?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Napolitano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Napolitano?: Janet Napolitano, American politician, lawyer, and academic administrator (born 1957), followed by Joe Napolitano.
Where is the surname Napolitano most common?: Wikidata records people named Napolitano in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Napolitano getting more or less common?: More common. 7,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,153 in 2010, up 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Napolitano?: Napolitan.