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    The surname Catchpole

    A Norman nickname surname, carried by 339 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C321

    Catchpole: #59,603 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Catchpole #59,603, 339 people Catchpole: #59,603 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Catchpole #59,603, 339 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Catchpole is more common than 63.3% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    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.

    Catchpole is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 339 people named Catchpole in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 910,754 Americans. That is down 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 363.

    #59,603
    rank among US surnames
    339
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #53,420)

    Who is named Catchpole

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    98% of people named Catchpole identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Catchpole come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Catchpole?
    339 people in the United States had the surname Catchpole in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 910,754 Americans. It ranked 59,603rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Catchpole?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Catchpole identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Catchpole?
    Catchpole is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Catchpole getting more or less common?
    Less common. 363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 339 in 2010, down 6.6%.