Find out how popular the last name Caspari is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Caspari.

Caspari, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Caspari surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Caspari in America

Caspari is the 79338th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Caspari surname appeared 240 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Caspari.

We can also compare 2010 data for Caspari to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Caspari

The surname Caspari is of German origin, derived from the Latin personal name Caspar. It is believed to have first emerged in the 13th century in the region of Saxony, Germany.

The name Caspar itself is derived from the Persian word "kashbar" or "ganzabara," meaning "treasurer" or "bearer of treasure." This likely refers to one of the three wise men or Magi who brought gifts to the infant Jesus, as depicted in the Biblical story of the Nativity.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Caspari can be found in the city of Leipzig, where a certain Johannes Caspari is mentioned in a document dated 1324. Another early reference is to a Henricus Caspari, who was a merchant in the city of Dresden in the late 15th century.

In the 16th century, the Caspari surname appeared in various records and manuscripts across Germany. Notable examples include Matthias Caspari, a Lutheran theologian born in Wittenberg in 1541, and Johannes Caspari, a printer and publisher from Nuremberg who lived from 1564 to 1631.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, several Casparis made their mark in various fields. Georg Caspari (1631-1701) was a German jurist and professor of law at the University of Leipzig. Carl Paul Caspari (1814-1892) was a renowned Norwegian biblical scholar and theologian who made significant contributions to the study of the Syriac language and early Christian literature.

Other notable individuals with the surname Caspari include Otto Caspari (1841-1917), a German lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Justice for the Kingdom of Saxony, and Hans Caspari (1854-1928), a German architect known for his work in the Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) style.

While the surname Caspari is less common today compared to its peak in the 17th and 18th centuries, it continues to be found primarily in Germany, as well as in countries with significant German diaspora populations.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Caspari

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Caspari.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Caspari was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Caspari has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Caspari was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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