Case Surname
Approximately 70,703 people bear this surname
Case Surname Definition:
Albric' fil, Cassandre, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Read More About This SurnameCase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 54,304 | 1:6,675 | 782 |
| England | 4,684 | 1:11,895 | 1,747 |
| Australia | 2,809 | 1:9,610 | 1,436 |
| Canada | 2,638 | 1:13,967 | 2,060 |
| Brazil | 892 | 1:239,994 | 9,255 |
| Jamaica | 781 | 1:3,675 | 527 |
| Philippines | 637 | 1:158,930 | 26,207 |
| Italy | 618 | 1:98,959 | 16,917 |
| Israel | 373 | 1:22,943 | 3,387 |
| Panama | 292 | 1:13,398 | 1,073 |
| South Africa | 285 | 1:190,097 | 20,645 |
| France | 260 | 1:255,472 | 39,438 |
| Wales | 257 | 1:12,041 | 1,339 |
| Argentina | 204 | 1:209,527 | 17,283 |
| Russia | 201 | 1:717,030 | 60,595 |
| New Zealand | 185 | 1:24,477 | 4,275 |
| Ireland | 121 | 1:38,917 | 3,091 |
| Spain | 101 | 1:462,891 | 23,948 |
| Japan | 85 | 1:1,504,051 | 24,420 |
| Mexico | 61 | 1:2,034,856 | 18,943 |
| Scotland | 60 | 1:89,230 | 6,335 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Guyana | 48 | 1:15,880 | 2,122 |
| New Caledonia | 47 | 1:5,877 | 1,249 |
| Taiwan | 43 | 1:545,227 | 4,074 |
| Guernsey | 37 | 1:1,742 | 400 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Afghanistan | 31 | 1:1,037,199 | 9,747 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Northern Ireland | 27 | 1:68,335 | 4,994 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Kazakhstan | 26 | 1:680,096 | 45,825 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Cayman Islands | 13 | 1:4,915 | 636 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:12,400 | 2,398 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 6 | 1:18,396 | 2,503 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 69 | 1:64,201 | 4,905 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,871 | 1:8,490 | 1,288 |
| Wales | 102 | 1:15,377 | 914 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:207,956 | 7,652 |
| Guernsey | 11 | 1:2,969 | 521 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:5,188 | 903 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15,083 | 1:3,329 | 394 |
The alternate forms: Casè (74), Casé (62) & Çase (5) are calculated separately.
Case (2,339) may also be a first name.
Case Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Cassandra' from the nick. Cass, a common girl's name in the 12th and 13th centuries. I only furnish a few instances:
Albric' fil, Cassandre, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Ralph fil. Cassandre, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Cassandre (without surname), Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Cassandra Metcalfe, York, 1509:: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).
Casse Rumpe, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Stephen Casse, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Johannes Case, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelmus Casson, 1379: ibid.
Cassander Danyll, 1379: ibid.
1676. John Casse and Elizabeth Bright: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).
1747. Married — Daniel Cass and Elizabeth Pritchard: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
(French-Latin) 1 belonging to Case (France), or Dweller at a Manorial Farm [the Low Latin casa (whence French case, a dwelling- place) denoted 'l’habitation occupée par le propriétaire d’une manse seigneuriale’ (Cocheris, Noms de Lieu, p. 121); Latin casa, a cottage] 2 confused with Cass, q.v. (English) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Casa (rare).
(English) One who came from Case; in France; dweller at a manorial farm.
This name is found in the H.R. and may be the Anglo-Norman cas, chance, hazard-probably with reference to the character, or some incident in the life, of the first person who bore it. So Hazard has become a family name. A family in Devonshire thus designated account for it by a tradition that, about two hundred years since, a foundling was laid at the door of a certain gentleman, to whom popular scandal attributed its paternity; the gentleman denied the allegation, but from motives of humanity had the infant taken care of, and, from the circumstance of its having been enclosed in a packing-case, imposed upon the poor foundling this curious appellation. The French case, from Latin casa, a mean house, cottage, or hut, is, however, a more likely etymon.
(French.) Case. A hut, a hovel; Gaelic, cass, caise, steep; quick, hasty, passionate.
For Chace, which is armorially related to Chancy or Canci. See Chace.
From the Old Norse, Kaas; from the Danish, Casse, Kasse; from the Dutch, Kas, Kass, Caisse; from the Flemish, Cas, Casse, Casy; a personal name.$
There was a family of Case in Swaffham 200 years ago, and the name is still in the town; the rector of Erpingham in 1628 bore this name. Philip Case was mayor of Lynn in 1764; and early last century, Mr. Case, attorney, of Mildenhale, Suffolk, held property in Holm - by - the - Sea (Bl.). This name occurred in Suffolk in the time of Edward I. (H. R.).
Case Demographics
Average Case Salary in
United States
$43,639 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Case Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Case Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Case (Arabic: كايس) occurs most in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms: Casè, Casé or Çase. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Case? popularity and diffusion
Case is the 8,036th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 103,073 people. The surname Case occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Case are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 153,787th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 2,339 people.
The last name Case is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 54,304 people, or 1 in 6,675. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 8 percent are found, Texas, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Other than The United States it is found in 114 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.
Case Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Case has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Case surname rose 360 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 163 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 252 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 175 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 333 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Case Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland and Orthodox (80%) in Russia.
In The United States Case are 17.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.08% being registered with the political party.
The amount Case earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 26.94% less than the national average, earning €21,939 per year; in Norway they earn 7.3% more than the national average, earning 371,338 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 14.21% more than the national average, earning R 271,416 per year; in United States they earn 1.14% more than the national average, earning $43,639 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.24% more than the national average, earning $51,292 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Case Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Case in the Arabic language | ||
| كايس | kays | - |
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