How common is the surname Caplan?

4,011 people in the United States had the surname Caplan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,975 Americans. It ranked 8,263rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Caplan?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Caplan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Caplan?

Lizzy Caplan, American actress, followed by Bryan Caplan.

Where is the surname Caplan most common?

Wikidata records people named Caplan in the United States.

How do you pronounce Caplan?

Caplan is /ˈkæplən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Caplan getting more or less common?

More common. 3,924 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,011 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Caplan

A surname, carried by 4,011 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkæplən/ 2 syllables Soundex C145

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caplan is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,011 people named Caplan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,975 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,924.

#8,263

rank among US surnames

4,011

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,817)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,254	Murphey	4,013	76,936
#8,259	Piercy	4,012	76,956
#8,263	Pellegrini	4,011	76,975
#8,266	Winans	4,010	76,994
#8,271	Duffield	4,009	77,013
#8,272	Stuck	4,008	77,032

Who is named Caplan

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

94% of people named Caplan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Caplans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lizzy Caplan
American actress, born 1982
Bryan Caplan
American economist and author (b. 1971)
Twink Caplan
American actress, born 1947
Arthur Caplan
American bioethicist, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Caplan

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

Questions

How common is the surname Caplan?: 4,011 people in the United States had the surname Caplan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,975 Americans. It ranked 8,263rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Caplan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Caplan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Caplan?: Lizzy Caplan, American actress, followed by Bryan Caplan.
Where is the surname Caplan most common?: Wikidata records people named Caplan in the United States.
How do you pronounce Caplan?: Caplan is /ˈkæplən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Caplan getting more or less common?: More common. 3,924 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,011 in 2010, up 2.2%.