Kapodistrias () is a Greek form of Italian surname Capodistria, which signified a person from Capo d"Istria, the old Italian (and original) name of the Slovenian city which in modern times is called Koper, a port on the Adriatic near Venice, Italy. Notable people with the surname include three brothers:
Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat and Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire and later the first head of state of independent Greece Augustinos Kapodistrias, Greek soldier and politician Viaros Kapodistrias
See also Koper, Slovenian city –historically a Venetian city– known in Italian as Capo d'Istria or Capodistria