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    The surname Capellan

    A Spanish occupational surname, carried by 1,868 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C145

    Capellan: #15,639 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Capellan #15,639, 1,868 people Capellan: #15,639 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Capellan #15,639, 1,868 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Capellan is more common than 90.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish [in turn originating as an occupation].

    Capellan is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,868 people named Capellan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,281 Americans. That is up 68% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,115.

    #15,639
    rank among US surnames
    1,868
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +67.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,754)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,635Strawbridge1,869165,193
    #15,639Diazdeleon1,868165,281
    #15,647Epling1,867165,370

    Who is named Capellan

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

    94% of people named Capellan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Capellan

    Capellan has the Soundex code C145, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C145.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Capellan come from?
    Capellan is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Capellan?
    1,868 people in the United States had the surname Capellan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,281 Americans. It ranked 15,639th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Capellan?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Capellan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Capellan?
    Capellan is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Capellan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,868 in 2010, up 68%.