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The surname Caston

A surname, carried by 3,561 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C235

Caston: #9,165 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Caston #9,165, 3,561 people Caston: #9,165 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Caston #9,165, 3,561 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caston is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,561 people named Caston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,702 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,349.

#9,165
rank among US surnames
3,561
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+6.3%
change since 2000 (was #8,977)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,161Tincher3,56386,653
#9,164Boos3,56286,678
#9,165Caston3,56186,702
#9,171Stamey3,56086,726
#9,172Joaquin3,55986,751
#9,174Haugh3,55886,775

Who is named Caston

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

55% of people named Caston identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • Black (not Hispanic) 55%
  • White (not Hispanic) 39%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 2.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Caston

Caston has the Soundex code C235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C235.

Questions

How common is the surname Caston?
3,561 people in the United States had the surname Caston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,702 Americans. It ranked 9,165th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Caston?
In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Caston identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Caston getting more or less common?
More common. 3,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,561 in 2010, up 6.3%.