Caprara Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

A Caprara ancestor may well appear as Capra in earlier records. Its meaning, shared with Capra, is “Goat”.

• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Caprara with 427 bearers, at rank 49,268. That puts it inside the top 50,000 US surnames.
• The ending -ra in Caprara is a typical Italian derivative of the root behind Capra.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Other spellings include Capri, Caprio and Capretti.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Caprara, so the heraldry linked to Capra is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Caprara family name pack.