Explore the Family Name Kasprowicz

The meaning of Kasprowicz

Polish: patronymic from the personal name Kasper, an equivalent of Casper. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Andrzej, Boguslaw, Janusz, Leszek, Wojtek.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Kasprowicz has seen a slight change in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The rank of the surname moved slightly from 43,058 in 2000 to 43,369 in 2010, indicating a decrease in popularity by 0.72%. Despite this, the count of individuals bearing the surname increased by 5.29% from 473 in 2000 to 498 in 2010. However, when considering the proportion per 100k, there was a decrease of 5.56%, moving from 0.18 to 0.17 over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,058	#43,369	-0.72%
Count	473	498	5.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kasprowicz

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Kasprowicz, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that it is overwhelmingly associated with White ethnicity. In both 2000 and 2010, 95.98% of individuals with this surname identified as White. There was no change in this percentage over the decade. The second most common ethnic identity associated with the surname was Hispanic, which saw a minor increase of 14.22%, from 2.11% of individuals in 2000 to 2.41% in 2010. The data indicates no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native. Those identifying as two or more races were recorded in 2000 at 1.69%, but no such data was available for 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.98%	95.98%	0%
Hispanic	2.11%	2.41%	14.22%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.69%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%