Catesby Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Catesby Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Catesby,' a parish in Northamptonshire.

Robert de Catesby, Northamptonshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

William de Cattesby, Northamptonshire, ibid.

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Catesby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England801:696,47639,547
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985

Catesby (71) may also be a first name.

Catesby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Catesby,' a parish in Northamptonshire.

Robert de Catesby, Northamptonshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

William de Cattesby, Northamptonshire, ibid.

All the Catesbys mentioned in the Dictionary of National Biography can be ultimately referred to Northamptonshire. William Catesby (d. 1485), councillor of Richard III, of whom, and others, the couplet was written: 'The Cat, the Rat, and Lovel our dog Rule all England under a hog,' was son of Sir William Catesby, of Ashby St. Legers, Northamptonshire.

1668. Thomas Catesby and Hope Kilcocke: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

1747. Married — Mark Catesby and Elizabeth Rowland: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Scandinavian) belonging to Catesby (Northampton) = Cate’s Estate [Old Norse by-r]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in co. Northampton, in which county the family chiefly resided.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Northamptonshire.

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

Catesby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Catesby occurs most in England. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Catesby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,860,621st most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Catesby live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in British Isles. Catesby is also the 1,152,838th most widespread forename worldwide, borne by 71 people.

The surname is most widespread in England, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 696,476. In England it is most common in: West Midlands, where 19 percent reside, Dorset, where 14 percent reside and Essex, where 14 percent reside. Outside of England Catesby occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Catesby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Catesby has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Catesby surname rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Ctsb732/
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Katseby719/
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