The Casper surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,351 people carried this name — #2,905 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,900 people counted. That is down 1% from 12,458 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Casper.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Casper live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 print
Casper in American newspapers,
1909–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 212,174 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Casper,
with a public archive behind them.
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Daniel Casper von Lohenstein 1635–1683 · writer -
Johann Ludwig Casper 1796–1864 · physician
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Leopold Casper 1859–1959 · physician -
Bertha Borchardt 1866–1943
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Louis Casper 1867–1942
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Johanna Casper 1868–1942
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Casper.
- Casner 1,913 · U.S. census
- Caso 1,557 · U.S. census
- Casola 424 · U.S. census
- Casolari 182 · U.S. census
- Casoli 121 · U.S. census
- Caspar 321 · U.S. census
- Cassagne 147 · U.S. census
- Cassagnol 268 · U.S. census
- Cassan 171 · U.S. census
- Cassani 361 · U.S. census
- Cassano 2,188 · U.S. census
- Cassar 924 · U.S. census
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