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The surname Cafaro

A surname, carried by 1,214 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C160

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cafaro is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,214 people named Cafaro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,149.

#21,509
rank among US surnames
1,214
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+5.7%
change since 2000 (was #21,265)

Who is named Cafaro

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Cafaro identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • Two or more races 0.6%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cafaros

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Erin Cafaro
    American rower, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cafaro

Cafaro has the Soundex code C160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C160.

Questions

How common is the surname Cafaro?
1,214 people in the United States had the surname Cafaro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. It ranked 21,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cafaro?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Cafaro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cafaro?
Erin Cafaro, American rower.
Where is the surname Cafaro most common?
Wikidata records people named Cafaro in the United States.
Is the surname Cafaro getting more or less common?
More common. 1,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,214 in 2010, up 5.7%.