Explore the Family Name Cappiello

The meaning of Cappiello

Italian (Naples): variant of Cappello. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Donato, Salvatore, Vito, Amedeo, Concetta, Enrico, Gaetano, Luciano, Nicola, Rocco, Sal, Tonio.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Cappiello has seen a slight shift in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 16,383rd most popular surname, but by 2010, it had dropped slightly to the 16,662nd spot, indicating a -1.7% change. While its rank decreased, the count of individuals with the surname Cappiello increased from 1,618 in 2000 to 1,719 in 2010, a growth of 6.24%. Despite this increase in count, the proportion per 100,000 people slightly declined from 0.6 to 0.58, a drop of 3.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#16,383	#16,662	-1.7%
Count	1,618	1,719	6.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.6	0.58	-3.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cappiello

When it comes to ethnicity, the census data shows that there were some changes in the ethnic identity of the people having the surname Cappiello between 2000 and 2010. The majority identified as White with a slight decrease from 95.06% to 93.72%, a change of -1.41%. The Hispanic identification saw an increase from 3.77% to 4.19%, marking an 11.14% growth. Furthermore, the portion identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander more than doubled from 0.49% to 0.99%, while those identifying with two or more races also increased from 0.56% to 0.93%. Notably, no one with the surname Cappiello identified as Black, American Indian, or Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.06%	93.72%	-1.41%
Hispanic	3.77%	4.19%	11.14%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.49%	0.99%	102.04%
Two or More Races	0.56%	0.93%	66.07%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%