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    The surname Caple

    A surname, carried by 2,224 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C140

    Caple: #13,622 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Caple #13,622, 2,224 people Caple: #13,622 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Caple #13,622, 2,224 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caple is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,224 people named Caple in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,824 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,963.

    #13,622
    rank among US surnames
    2,224
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.3%
    change since 2000 (was #14,077)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,616Wootton2,225138,762
    #13,622Wilmer2,224138,824
    #13,625Gauvin2,223138,887
    #13,627Shum2,222138,949

    Who is named Caple

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

    59% of people named Caple identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Caples

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Steven Caple Jr.
      American film director, producer, and screenwriter, born 1988

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Caple

    Caple has the Soundex code C140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C140.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Caple?
    2,224 people in the United States had the surname Caple in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,824 Americans. It ranked 13,622nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Caple?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Caple identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Caple?
    Steven Caple Jr., American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
    Where is the surname Caple most common?
    Wikidata records people named Caple in the United States.
    Is the surname Caple getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,224 in 2010, up 13%.