Explore the Family Name Capasso

The meaning of Capasso

Italian (southern, mainly Naples): from an Italianized form of Spanish capaz ‘competent, able’; it is the name of an old Neapolitan family. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Angelo, Donato, Giuseppe, Ugo, Antonio, Pasquale, Rocco, Sal, Augustino, Carlo, Carmine.

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How common is the last name Capasso in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Capasso has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Capasso was ranked 12,911th in popularity with 2,183 individuals carrying the name. By 2010, though, the rank had fallen to 14,523 with only 2,053 people bearing the surname, representing a decline of roughly 6 percent. This change resulted in a proportional drop per 100k people from 0.81 to 0.7, which is a decrease of approximately 13.58 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#12,911	#14,523	-12.49%
Count	2,183	2,053	-5.96%
Proportion per 100k	0.81	0.7	-13.58%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Capasso

On the topic of ethnic identity, again based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, most individuals with the Capasso surname identify as White - 95.51 percent in 2000 and 93.67 percent in 2010. However, there was a notable increase in the number of individuals identifying as Hispanic, rising from 2.93 percent in 2000 to 4.68 percent in 2010, marking a growth of almost 60 percent. Also noteworthy is the minor increase in those who identified as having two or more races, which rose from 0.78 percent in 2000 to 1.07 percent in 2010. There were no significant changes for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.51%	93.67%	-1.93%
Hispanic	2.93%	4.68%	59.73%
Two or More Races	0.78%	1.07%	37.18%
Black	0.37%	0.39%	5.41%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%