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    The surname Caperton

    A surname, carried by 1,360 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C163

    Caperton: #19,782 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Caperton #19,782, 1,360 people Caperton: #19,782 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Caperton #19,782, 1,360 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caperton is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,360 people named Caperton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,019 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,380.

    #19,782
    rank among US surnames
    1,360
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,473)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,774Niswonger1,361226,852
    #19,782Casagrande1,360227,019

    Who is named Caperton

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

    91% of people named Caperton identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Capertons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Allen T. Caperton
      American lawyer and politician (1810-1876)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Caperton

    Caperton has the Soundex code C163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C163.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Caperton?
    1,360 people in the United States had the surname Caperton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,019 Americans. It ranked 19,782nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Caperton?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Caperton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Caperton?
    Allen T. Caperton, American lawyer and politician (1810-1876).
    Where is the surname Caperton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Caperton in the United States.
    Is the surname Caperton getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,360 in 2010, down 1.4%.