How common is the surname Kaup?

1,298 people in the United States had the surname Kaup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,863 Americans. It ranked 20,458th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kaup?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kaup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Kaup getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,318 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,298 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Kaup

A surname, carried by 1,298 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kaup is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,298 people named Kaup in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,863 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,318.

#20,458

rank among US surnames

1,298

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #19,090)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,449	Louk	1,299	237,679
#20,458	Rencher	1,298	237,863

Who is named Kaup

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

95% of people named Kaup identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Kaup

Kapp

Kaup has the Soundex code K100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K100.

Questions

How common is the surname Kaup?: 1,298 people in the United States had the surname Kaup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,863 Americans. It ranked 20,458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kaup?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kaup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Kaup getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,318 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,298 in 2010, down 1.5%.