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The surname Casperson

A surname, carried by 2,070 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C216

Casperson: #14,434 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Casperson #14,434, 2,070 people Casperson: #14,434 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Casperson #14,434, 2,070 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Casperson is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

From Casper + -son.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,070 people named Casperson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,152 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,894.

#14,434
rank among US surnames
2,070
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+9.3%
change since 2000 (was #14,453)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,427Castilla2,071149,080
#14,434Sumlin2,070149,152
#14,443Busick2,069149,225

Who is named Casperson

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

94% of people named Casperson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Casperson

Casperson has the Soundex code C216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C216.

Questions

Where does the surname Casperson come from?
From Casper + -son.
How common is the surname Casperson?
2,070 people in the United States had the surname Casperson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,152 Americans. It ranked 14,434th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Casperson?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Casperson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Casperson getting more or less common?
More common. 1,894 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,070 in 2010, up 9.3%.