How common is the surname Capen?

1,072 people in the United States had the surname Capen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. It ranked 23,647th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Capen?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Capen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Capen getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,170 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,072 in 2010, down 8.4%.

The surname Capen

A surname, carried by 1,072 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Capen is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,072 people named Capen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. That is down 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,170.

#23,647

rank among US surnames

1,072

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-8.4%

change since 2000 (was #20,945)

Who is named Capen

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

92% of people named Capen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Capen

Capen has the Soundex code C150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C150.

Questions

How common is the surname Capen?: 1,072 people in the United States had the surname Capen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. It ranked 23,647th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Capen?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Capen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Capen getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,170 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,072 in 2010, down 8.4%.