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    The surname Cauthen

    A surname, carried by 3,655 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C350

    Cauthen: #8,956 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cauthen #8,956, 3,655 people Cauthen: #8,956 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cauthen #8,956, 3,655 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cauthen is more common than 94.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,655 people named Cauthen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,472 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,487.

    #8,956
    rank among US surnames
    3,655
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #8,679)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,950Clyde3,65884,403
    #8,951Starcher3,65784,426
    #8,954Lavalley3,65684,449
    #8,956Cauthen3,65584,472
    #8,959Mendonca3,65484,495
    #8,962Perlman3,65384,518
    #8,964Lafontaine3,65284,541

    Who is named Cauthen

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

    68% of people named Cauthen identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cauthens

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Terrance Cauthen
      American boxer, born 1976
    • Steve Cauthen
      American jockey, born 1960

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Cauthen

    Cauthen has the Soundex code C350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cauthen?
    3,655 people in the United States had the surname Cauthen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,472 Americans. It ranked 8,956th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cauthen?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Cauthen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cauthen?
    Terrance Cauthen, American boxer, followed by Steve Cauthen.
    Where is the surname Cauthen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cauthen in the United States.
    Is the surname Cauthen getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,487 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,655 in 2010, up 4.8%.