Explore the Family Name Caufield

The meaning of Caufield

1. Scottish and Irish (Wexford): variant of Caulfield. 2. In some cases also an Americanized form of German Kauffeld or Kohfeld, or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname. Some characteristic forenames: Irish Aileen, Delma.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Caufield saw a minor change between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 18,909 in popularity with a count of 1,336 people bearing the surname. By 2010, the ranking slightly dropped to 19,924 and the count marginally increased to 1,347 - an increase of 0.82%. The proportion of people per 100,000 with the Caufield surname also decreased by 8% during that decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#18,909	#19,924	-5.37%
Count	1,336	1,347	0.82%
Proportion per 100k	0.5	0.46	-8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Caufield

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Caufield surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, though this percentage decreased slightly from 89.90% to 87.75%. During the same period, there were increases among all other ethnic identities. The largest increase was seen in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, which nearly doubled in percentage from 0.52% to 0.97%. There was also a notable increase in those identifying as Hispanic, rising from 1.72% to 2.75%. Smaller increases were recorded for those identifying as Black, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and those of two or more ethnicities.

	2000	2010	Change
White	89.9%	87.75%	-2.39%
Black	6.14%	6.31%	2.77%
Hispanic	1.72%	2.75%	59.88%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.05%	1.26%	20%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.52%	0.97%	86.54%
Two or More Races	0.67%	0.97%	44.78%