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The Caspar surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 321 people carried this name — #62,359 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 14% from 372 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 920 people named Caspar.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Bas-Rhin 406
Paris 105
Moselle 102
Haut-Rhin 56
Meurthe-et-Moselle 46
Marne 24
Côte-d’Or 15
Nord 12

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

432 people named Caspar live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Graubünden 150
Zurich 88
Bern 38
Aargau 29
Vaud 27
Solothurn 22
St. Gallen 21
Thurgau 13

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

28 people named Caspar is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 28

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Caspar,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Christoph Caspar 1614–1666 · politician
  • Franz Caspar 1669–1728 · sculptor
  • Karl Caspar 1747–1809 · painter
  • Franz Carl Caspar 1794–1838 · merchant
  • Joseph Caspar 1799–1880 · painter
  • Hugo Caspar 1817–1893 · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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