Find out how popular the last name Capito is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Capito.

Capito, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Capito surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Capito in America

Capito is the 38948th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Capito surname appeared 566 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Capito.

We can also compare 2010 data for Capito to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Capito

The surname Capito originated in Italy during the late Middle Ages. It is derived from the Latin word 'caput', meaning head or leader, suggesting that the earliest bearers may have held positions of authority or leadership roles within their communities.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Regni Siciliae, a collection of medieval documents from southern Italy, dating back to the 12th century. Here, a certain "Robertus Capito" is mentioned as a witness to a legal transaction.

In the 13th century, a prominent family bearing the name Capito resided in the city of Arezzo, Tuscany. Historical records from this period refer to a "Guido Capito" who served as a magistrate and played a significant role in the city's political affairs.

The name Capito also appeared in the Florentine Codex, a 16th-century ethnographic work chronicling the history and culture of the Aztec people. One of its authors was a Franciscan friar named Bernardino de Sahagún, whose birth name was Bernardino Ribera de Capito (1499-1590).

During the Renaissance, a notable figure bearing the surname Capito was Wolfgang Fabricius Capito (1478-1541), a German Renaissance humanist, theologian, and reformer who played a crucial role in the Protestant Reformation.

Another prominent individual with this surname was Galeazzo Capito (1580-1638), an Italian painter and engraver from the Baroque period, known for his religious and mythological works.

In the 19th century, a distinguished bearer of the name was Giovanni Battista Capito (1824-1897), an Italian lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the Minister of Public Education in the Kingdom of Italy.

The surname Capito has also been found in various regions of Italy, such as Campania, Lazio, and Lombardy, with slight variations in spelling, including Capitone and Capitoni.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Capito

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Capito.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Capito was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Capito has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Capito was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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