The Capone surname was rare in the United States in 1880. The 1880 census listed just nine people with the Capone surname: one family from Germany, another family from NY and one person from Switzerland. By 1900, there were 178 Capone in the United States, including 108 who were born in Italy and another 64 who were children or spouses of Capones born in Italy.

Most people with the Capone surname today in the U.S. are believed to descend from these Italian immigrants. In the U.S., the Capone surname is concentrated in the northeast. In Italy, Capone/Caponi family is concentrated (see surname map at http://gens.labo.net/) in the following areas:

CAPONE:
Campania (Naples), Puglia and Lombardia

CAPONI:
Toscana and Lazio