Explore the Family Name Caggiano

The meaning of Caggiano

Italian (southern): habitational name from a place in Salerno province named Caggiano, from the Latin personal name Cavius. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Rocco, Antonio, Carmine, Donato, Fiore, Guido, Pasquale, Sal, Antonella, Cosmo, Marco.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Caggiano saw a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname moved from 11,810th most popular in 2000 to 12,904th in 2010, indicating a drop of 9.26%. Over the same decade, the count of individuals bearing the Caggiano surname also decreased slightly by approximately 1.93%, falling from 2,429 people in 2000 to 2,382 people in 2010. Accordingly, the proportion of people with this surname for every 100,000 people also declined by 10%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#11,810	#12,904	-9.26%
Count	2,429	2,382	-1.93%
Proportion per 100k	0.9	0.81	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Caggiano

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates an interesting shift among those with the Caggiano surname between 2000 and 2010. While those identifying as white remained the majority, their proportion dropped slightly from 95.59% to 94.08%. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic increased by 24.66%, and the proportion of people with Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity rose by 51.52%. Those identifying with two or more races also saw a significant increase of 82.26%. There were no individuals identified as Black or as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.59%	94.08%	-1.58%
Hispanic	2.96%	3.69%	24.66%
Two or More Races	0.62%	1.13%	82.26%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.33%	0.5%	51.52%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%