How common is the surname Caggiano?

2,382 people in the United States had the surname Caggiano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,616 Americans. It ranked 12,904th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Caggiano?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Caggiano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Caggiano?

Antonio Caggiano, Argentine cardinal (1889-1979), followed by Jeremías Caggiano.

Where is the surname Caggiano most common?

Wikidata records people named Caggiano in Argentina.

Is the surname Caggiano getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,382 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Caggiano

An Italian surname, carried by 2,382 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex C250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caggiano is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Caggiano.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,382 people named Caggiano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,616 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,429.

#12,904

rank among US surnames

2,382

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,810)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,897	Dedrick	2,384	129,507
#12,900	Jacobus	2,383	129,562
#12,904	Leist	2,382	129,616

Who is named Caggiano

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

94% of people named Caggiano identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Caggianos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Antonio Caggiano
Argentine cardinal (1889-1979)
Jeremías Caggiano
Argentine footballer, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Caggiano

Caggiano has the Soundex code C250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C250.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Caggiano come from?: Borrowed from Italian Caggiano.
How common is the surname Caggiano?: 2,382 people in the United States had the surname Caggiano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,616 Americans. It ranked 12,904th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Caggiano?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Caggiano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Caggiano?: Antonio Caggiano, Argentine cardinal (1889-1979), followed by Jeremías Caggiano.
Where is the surname Caggiano most common?: Wikidata records people named Caggiano in Argentina.
Is the surname Caggiano getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,382 in 2010, down 1.9%.