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

Kaspar, 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 Kaspar surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kaspar in America

Kaspar is the 15099th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kaspar surname appeared 1,954 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Kaspar.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kaspar 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 Kaspar

The surname Kaspar has its origins in Germany, where it first emerged in the early Middle Ages, around the 9th or 10th century. It is derived from the Germanic personal name Kaspar, which itself comes from the Persian name Casper or Gaspar, one of the three Biblical Magi or Wise Men who visited the newborn Jesus.

The name Kaspar likely spread across various German regions during the medieval period, giving rise to regional variations in spelling such as Kasper, Casper, and Gaspar. Some of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in medieval German documents and records, although it is difficult to pinpoint the specific earliest known bearer of the surname.

In the 16th century, a notable bearer of the name was Johannes Kaspar, a German mathematician and astronomer born in 1549 in Grunberg, Silesia (now Zielona Gora, Poland). He made significant contributions to the study of comets and planetary motions.

The surname Kaspar has also been associated with several notable figures throughout history, such as Kaspar Hauser (1812-1833), a German youth who famously claimed to have grown up in the total isolation of a darkened cell. His mysterious origins and eventual murder in Ansbach, Germany, captured public imagination and inspired numerous literary works.

Another bearer of the name was Walter Kaspar (1892-1989), a German general who served in both World Wars and was known for his role in the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II. On the literary front, Hans Kaspar (1924-2019) was a prominent Swiss author and playwright renowned for his works exploring themes of identity and human existence.

In the realm of science, the name Kaspar is associated with Johannes Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801), a Swiss poet, philosopher, and renowned pioneer in the study of physiognomy, the practice of judging human character from facial features.

While the surname Kaspar is primarily of German origin, it has also been adopted and used in various other European countries over the centuries, reflecting the historical migration patterns and cultural exchanges between different regions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kaspar

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

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 Kaspar 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 Kaspar 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 Kaspar was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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