Caspar is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Caspar
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning: Common in Alsace, corresponds to the first name Gaspard (qv), whose German form is Kaspar. With the same meaning: Caspard (25, 68), Casper (67, 57), Caspers (59 being the -s genitive). Latinized form: Casparius (59). With Latin genitive marking parentage: Caspari, Caspary (57).

How popular is Caspar?

Caspar is common in France.

Caspar is ranked 88584 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Caspars plummeted by 13.70968 per cent to 321 since 2000 and slipped by 9956 spots and ranked at 62359. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.97 92.47
Hispanic or Latino 6.23 6.18
Caspar is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 4857 people have been found who wears Caspar as their family name. Caspar is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,346 Bermuda6
918,840 India5
103,755 Czech Republic5
23,344 Austria2
20,595 China2
89,020 Tanzania2
4,164 Vietnam2
810,193 Indonesia1
17,236 Ghana1
15,705 Cameroon1
38,841 Scotland1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
49,101 Denmark1
25,721 Egypt1
25,746 Finland1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,040 Mali1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,550 England48
21,712 Sweden44
57,220 Netherlands27
28,338 Norway20
84,957 Spain15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,079 Australia100
40,845 Canada78
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Caspar:
58,760 United States436
39,161 Brazil286
4,390 Switzerland270
Countries with thousands of Caspar:
5,130 Germany1,782
5,003 France1,665
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

39 years old farmer C. Caspar who was residing in Italy migrated to California on October 29, 1888 by La Bretagne put out from Havre.

Comments

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Sumiko Stoneham
 Caspar is a variant of the name Gaspar behind this name is Sanskrit this name comes from Christian mythology or Gaspard is one of the three Magi came to adore that name etymologically jesus problem - some researchers do come from the Sanskrit which gathaspa means one who comes to see - the other saw it as a form of Persian windahwarna adjective which means beautiful.

Caspar Namesakes

  • Anja Caspary, Radio host
  • Vera Caspary, Writer
  • Bibi Caspari, Actress
  • Horst Caspar, Actor
  • Michaela Caspar, Actress
  • Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Composer
  • Johann Caspar Kerll, Composer
  • Ulrich Caspar, Politician
  • Johann Caspar Bagnato, Architect
  • Hans Caspar von Bothmer, Politician

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