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    The surname Caywood

    A surname, carried by 2,372 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C300

    Caywood: #12,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Caywood #12,948, 2,372 people Caywood: #12,948 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Caywood #12,948, 2,372 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caywood is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,372 people named Caywood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,163 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,361.

    #12,948
    rank among US surnames
    2,372
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,112)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,941Ladue2,374130,053
    #12,944Steffey2,373130,108
    #12,948Letson2,372130,163
    #12,953Silverberg2,371130,217

    Who is named Caywood

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

    88% of people named Caywood identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Caywood

    Caywood has the Soundex code C300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Caywood?
    2,372 people in the United States had the surname Caywood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,163 Americans. It ranked 12,948th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Caywood?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Caywood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Caywood getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,372 in 2010, up 0.5%.