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    The surname Caughman

    A surname, carried by 1,110 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C255

    Caughman: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Caughman #23,019, 1,110 people Caughman: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Caughman #23,019, 1,110 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caughman is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,110 people named Caughman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,077.

    #23,019
    rank among US surnames
    1,110
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,322)

    Who is named Caughman

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

    65% of people named Caughman identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 5.2%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Caughman

    Caughman has the Soundex code C255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C255.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Caughman?
    1,110 people in the United States had the surname Caughman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. It ranked 23,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Caughman?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Caughman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Caughman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,110 in 2010, up 3.1%.