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The CONSTABLE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,925 10133 0.001 11
United States (1880 census) 745 6985 0.001 15
Change since 1880 +2180 -3148 0 -4
Other Countries
Australia 1,269 1306 0.008 78
United Kingdom 3,844 1622 0.008 84
Top States for CONSTABLE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 433 4479 0.002 23
Pennsylvania 303 5050 0.002 25
California 214 11899 0.001 6
Ohio 173 7785 0.002 15
Florida 145 12347 0.001 9
Top States for CONSTABLE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Pennsylvania 303 5050 0.002 25
Washington DC 14 3965 0.002 24
New York 433 4479 0.002 23
Maine 28 5727 0.002 22
Missouri 110 6530 0.002 20

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CONSTABLE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CONSTABLE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CONSTABLE in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CONSTABLE by picking someone at random in Pennsylvania than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CONSTABLE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Status Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CONSTABLE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CONSTABLE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CONSTABLE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 122 4.17
White (Hispanic) 52 1.78
Mixed Race 41 1.4
Asian/Pacific 10 0.34
Native American/Alaskan 8 0.27
White (Caucasian) 2,692 92.03

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CONSTABLE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CONSTABLE in historical publications

A name of office. Roger de Lacey first assumed this surname from being constable of Chester, in England. A commander of the cavalry.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


CONSTABLE. An office formerly of high dignity in royal courts. The great Yorkshire family descend from Robert de Laci, whose ancestors had been constables of

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to CONSTABLE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CONSTABLE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CONSTABLE

The following words are slight variants of CONSTABLE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.