How common is the surname Caswell?

9,827 people in the United States had the surname Caswell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,418 Americans. It ranked 3,611th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Caswell?

Shanley Caswell, American actress, followed by Richard Caswell.

Where is the surname Caswell most common?

Wikidata records people named Caswell in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

How do you pronounce Caswell?

Caswell is /ˈkæzwɛl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Caswell getting more or less common?

More common. 9,692 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,827 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Caswell

A surname, carried by 9,827 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkæzwɛl/ 2 syllables Soundex C240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caswell is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,827 people named Caswell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,418 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,692.

#3,611

rank among US surnames

9,827

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,375)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,602	Agnew	9,856	31,326
#3,603	Aceves	9,854	31,332
#3,604	Jay	9,852	31,338
#3,605	McCarter	9,849	31,348
#3,606	Lebron	9,843	31,367
#3,607	Schott	9,842	31,370
#3,608	Kuykendall	9,841	31,373

Who is named Caswell

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

91% of people named Caswell identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Caswells

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Shanley Caswell
American actress, born 1991
Richard Caswell
1st and 5th governor of North Carolina 1729-1789
Alexis Caswell
American scientist (1799–1877)

Notable Caswells come mostly from the United States (2) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Caswell

Caswell has the Soundex code C240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C240.

Questions

How common is the surname Caswell?: 9,827 people in the United States had the surname Caswell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,418 Americans. It ranked 3,611th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Caswell?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Caswell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Caswell?: Shanley Caswell, American actress, followed by Richard Caswell.
Where is the surname Caswell most common?: Wikidata records people named Caswell in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
How do you pronounce Caswell?: Caswell is /ˈkæzwɛl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Caswell getting more or less common?: More common. 9,692 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,827 in 2010, up 1.4%.