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    The surname Caufield

    A surname, carried by 1,347 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C143

    Caufield: #19,924 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Caufield #19,924, 1,347 people Caufield: #19,924 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Caufield #19,924, 1,347 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caufield is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,347 people named Caufield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,336.

    #19,924
    rank among US surnames
    1,347
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #18,909)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,924Meigs1,347229,210
    #19,933Dunkelberger1,346229,380

    Who is named Caufield

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

    88% of people named Caufield identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Caufields

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Cole Caufield
      American ice hockey player, born 2001

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Caufield

    Caufield has the Soundex code C143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C143.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Caufield?
    1,347 people in the United States had the surname Caufield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. It ranked 19,924th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Caufield?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Caufield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Caufield?
    Cole Caufield, American ice hockey player.
    Where is the surname Caufield most common?
    Wikidata records people named Caufield in the United States.
    Is the surname Caufield getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,336 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,347 in 2010, up 0.8%.