Catchpole Surname

92,144th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Catchpole Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the catchpoll,' one who seized people by the head; a sheriff's officer, a bailiff; Latinized into cachepollus.

'A cachepol cam forth And cracked both their legges.': Piers Plowman.

The weapon the catchpoll carried may still be seen in the Tower of London.

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Catchpole Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,4241:16,2732,357
Australia5501:49,0836,116
United States5311:682,59754,262
New Zealand2451:18,4833,240
Canada1691:218,02121,041
South Africa701:773,96753,253
Ireland471:100,1905,388
Scotland401:133,8458,251
Northern Ireland221:83,8655,605
Wales181:171,91811,581
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,9111:12,7551,923
Wales151:104,5614,503
Scotland121:311,9359,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States841:597,84140,179

Catchpole Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the catchpoll,' one who seized people by the head; a sheriff's officer, a bailiff; Latinized into cachepollus.

'A cachepol cam forth And cracked both their legges.': Piers Plowman.

The weapon the catchpoll carried may still be seen in the Tower of London.

'William Cachepoll, cast, gaiole. Salop': Close Rolls, 55 Henry III.

Geoffrey le Cachepol, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ralph le Cachepol, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Hugh le Cachepol, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Michael Catchpoole, temp. Elizabeth: Calendar of Proceedings in Chancery, temp. Elizabeth I.

Henry Cachepole, M.P. for Hereford, Close Rolls, 45 Edward III.

1627. Married — Edward Bishop and Bridget Catchpoole: St. Antholin (London).

1647. Buried — William Catchpole, servant to Mr. Humphries, victualler: St. Michael, Cornhill.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin + Teutonic) Bailiff, Constable [M.E, cachepol— cache, thro. French from Latin captare, to catch + pol, the poll or back part of the head; an O.L.Ger. word] Geoffrey le Cachepol.—Hundred Rolls A cachepol cam forth And craked bothe hire [their] legges, And the armes after, Of either of tho theves.—Piers Plowman, 12220-3

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Cageypole; a location name in Dorset Or Caterpole, Suffolk.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Catchpole: a village as well as a town officer; an undersergeant who obtained his name from catching his victim by the head by means of a long wooden forceps that nipped by the throat the delinquent who was wanted. The name was borne by Margaret Catchpole, the horse-thief who was sentenced to be hanged at Ipswich, but was transported, in 1841. We have the name also as Catchpool. In “Piers Plowman’s Vision” we are told, of the two thieves crucified on Calvary, “A Catchpole came forth And cracked both their legges.”

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Catchpole, a name also found in Norfolk, signified a petty constable. It has been long in the county of Suffolk. In the list of Suffolk freeholders in 156 L occurs the name of Robert Catchpoll (of Hempstow?) (Lansd.). Catchpoole was the name of the vicar of Bramfield in 1695 (S.). Cachepoll was a Hereford name in the 14th century, a mayor and a representative of the city being thus called (Duncumb's "Herefordshire").

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Catchpole Demographics

Average Catchpole Salary in
United States

$50,991 USD

Per year
Rank:
378,437 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0001698
Rank: 48,645 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
118.17%
Sample size: 284 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Catchpole Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Catchpole Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Catchpole is found most frequently in England. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Catchpole? popularity and diffusion

It is the 92,144th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,404,693 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Catchpole are found; 69 percent are found in Northern Europe and 69 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 3,424 people, or 1 in 16,273. In England Catchpole is most numerous in: Norfolk, where 13 percent reside, Greater London, where 13 percent reside and Suffolk, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Catchpole Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Catchpole has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Catchpole last name grew 179 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 632 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 294 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 333 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Catchpole Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Catchpole surname are 12.16% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.93% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Catchpole earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.88% more than the national average, earning R 379,944 per year; in United States they earn 18.17% more than the national average, earning $50,991 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.56% more than the national average, earning $53,938 CAD per year.

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