# Catchpole (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/catchpole/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 339 |
| US rank (2010) | 59,603 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 910,754 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.6% (363 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Anglo-Norman cachepole, a compound of cachier (“to catch”) + pol (“fowl”), a nickname given to a bailiff, originally empowered to seize poultry and other livestock in case of default on debts or taxes.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Catchpole in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 98% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.