Explore the Family Name Cafasso

The meaning of Cafasso

Italian: variant of Cafa, from the medieval Greek personal name Kaiaphas, of Hebrew origin, referring to Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest who, according to the gospels, condemned Jesus to death. Its use by Christians was presumably pejorative in origin. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Amerigo, Guido, Carmine.

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How common is the last name Cafasso in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Cafasso has seen a notable increase from the year 2000 to 2010. In 2000, 'Cafasso' was ranked as the 73,659th most popular name in the United States, with a count of 245 individuals carrying the surname. A decade later, in 2010, the ranking improved to 66,371st and the count increased to 298, marking a 21.63% growth in the number of people bearing the Cafasso surname. The proportion per 100,000 people also saw an upswing, moving from 0.09 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#73,659	#66,371	9.89%
Count	245	298	21.63%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.1	11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cafasso

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data demonstrates that individuals with the Cafasso surname predominantly identify as White. In both 2000 and 2010, over 97% of Cafassos identified as White, though there was a slight decrease in this percentage from 2000 to 2010 (97.96% to 97.65%). It's important to note that the census recorded a new ethnicity category for the Cafasso surname in 2010: 2.01% identified as Hispanic. In both years, no Cafassos were reported to identify as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.96%	97.65%	-0.32%
Hispanic	0%	2.01%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%