Explore the Family Name Casnave

The meaning of Casnave

Americanized form of French Cazenave.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

In terms of popularity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates a slight increase in the use of the surname Casnave between 2000 and 2010. Specifically, the rank of this surname improved from 121,058 in 2000 to 113,791 in 2010, demonstrating an upward change of 6%. Additionally, the count of people carrying the Casnave surname rose by 16.67% over the same period, increasing from 132 to 154 individuals. Despite these shifts, the proportion of this surname per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.05.

20002010Change
Rank#121,058#113,7916%
Count13215416.67%
Proportion per 100k0.050.050%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Casnave

On the subject of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that most individuals with the Casnave surname identified as Black, though the percentage decreased slightly from 90.15% in 2000 to 85.06% in 2010. Those identifying with two or more races saw an increase of 28.55% from 2000's 6.06% to 7.79% in 2010. Interestingly, there was no recorded data for Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities. However, there was a new emergence of White ethnicity representation in 2010, accounting for 4.55%, which was not present in the 2000 data.

20002010Change
Black90.15%85.06%-5.65%
Two or More Races6.06%7.79%28.55%
White0%4.55%0%
Asian/Pacific Islander0%0%0%
Hispanic0%0%0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native0%0%0%