Constant Surname
Approximately 54,743 people bear this surname
Constant Surname Definition:
1. A contraction of Constantine. 2. An honourable appellation denoting the constancy of the bearer. 3. A sobriquet applied to one who was regular and pertinacious in some habit or custom. I knew a person whose real name was Hastings, who was better known among his neighbours as ' Old Constant,' from the regularity with which he appeared at a certain time in a certain place.
Read More About This SurnameConstant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 13,480 | 1:1,008 | 179 |
| Haiti | 12,909 | 1:828 | 123 |
| France | 12,653 | 1:5,250 | 429 |
| United States | 5,026 | 1:72,117 | 8,340 |
| Canada | 1,668 | 1:22,090 | 3,027 |
| Belgium | 1,448 | 1:7,940 | 1,100 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Brazil | 1,063 | 1:201,387 | 7,739 |
| England | 850 | 1:65,551 | 7,614 |
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| South Africa | 571 | 1:94,882 | 11,585 |
| Mauritius | 384 | 1:3,368 | 633 |
| Dominican Republic | 231 | 1:45,164 | 2,375 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Chile | 176 | 1:100,094 | 3,769 |
| Netherlands | 174 | 1:97,053 | 15,823 |
| Australia | 142 | 1:190,111 | 18,903 |
| Nigeria | 123 | 1:1,440,185 | 55,603 |
| Ivory Coast | 115 | 1:200,619 | 8,596 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 111 | 1:893 | 156 |
| Spain | 100 | 1:467,520 | 24,100 |
| Cameroon | 96 | 1:216,344 | 21,934 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Kenya | 78 | 1:592,050 | 27,720 |
| French Polynesia | 74 | 1:3,795 | 856 |
| Seychelles | 59 | 1:1,566 | 351 |
| Switzerland | 58 | 1:141,602 | 13,683 |
| Venezuela | 55 | 1:549,165 | 10,134 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 52 | 1:26,230 | 2,834 |
| Germany | 51 | 1:1,578,538 | 93,812 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Wales | 46 | 1:67,272 | 5,910 |
| Argentina | 45 | 1:949,854 | 60,205 |
| Ireland | 32 | 1:147,154 | 6,785 |
| Luxembourg | 32 | 1:18,142 | 3,979 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Northern Ireland | 20 | 1:92,252 | 5,957 |
| Ecuador | 20 | 1:795,292 | 13,165 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Honduras | 14 | 1:629,746 | 3,754 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Congo | 7 | 1:712,728 | 15,723 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Dominica | 5 | 1:15,178 | 463 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 277 | 1:87,998 | 9,205 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:74,686 | 3,520 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 630 | 1:79,712 | 8,404 |
Constant (62,131) may also be a first name.
Constant Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
1. A contraction of Constantine. 2. An honourable appellation denoting the constancy of the bearer. 3. A sobriquet applied to one who was regular and pertinacious in some habit or custom. I knew a person whose real name was Hastings, who was better known among his neighbours as ' Old Constant,' from the regularity with which he appeared at a certain time in a certain place.
Constant Demographics
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Constant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Constant Come From? nationality or country of origin
Constant (Bengali: কনস্টান) is found most in Chad. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Constant? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,277th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 133,123 people. Constant occurs mostly in The Americas, where 39 percent of Constant are found; 27 percent are found in West Africa and 25 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 15,424th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 62,131 people.
The surname Constant is most frequently occurring in Chad, where it is borne by 13,480 people, or 1 in 1,008. Beside Chad Constant is found in 112 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 24 percent reside and France, where 23 percent reside.
Constant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Constant has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 798 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 307 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 219 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 1,600 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 433 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Constant Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Constant last name is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Constant last name are 10.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.95% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Constant earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 65.46% more than the national average, earning 572,624 kr per year; in Peru they earn 61.56% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,452 per year; in South Africa they earn 11.83% less than the national average, earning R 209,520 per year; in United States they earn 3.13% more than the national average, earning $44,501 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.48% less than the national average, earning $41,495 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constante | 94 | 20,575 | / |
| Constandt | 94 | 152 | / |
| Constants | 94 | 23 | / |
| Constaint | 94 | 1 | / |
| Constantt | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chonstant | 94 | 0 | / |
| Constan | 93 | 671 | / |
| Constatnte | 89 | 1 | / |
| Constantte | 89 | 1 | / |
| Constahnte | 89 | 1 | / |
| Constain | 88 | 756 | / |
| Konstant | 88 | 445 | / |
| Constand | 88 | 134 | / |
| Constane | 88 | 58 | / |
| Constaín | 88 | 2 | / |
| Constont | 88 | 1 | / |
| Constamt | 88 | 1 | / |
| Canstant | 88 | 1 | / |
| Comstant | 88 | 0 | / |
| Constatin | 82 | 110 | / |
| Konstante | 82 | 47 | / |
| Konstandt | 82 | 28 | / |
| Canstante | 82 | 3 | / |
| Constangy | 82 | 3 | / |
| Constaine | 82 | 2 | / |
| Constands | 82 | 1 | / |
| Comstante | 82 | 1 | / |
| Constamte | 82 | 1 | / |
| Johnstant | 82 | 1 | / |
| Konstan | 80 | 190 | / |
| Conston | 80 | 155 | / |
| Constam | 80 | 72 | / |
| Constán | 80 | 10 | / |
| Canstan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Constein | 75 | 125 | / |
| Konstand | 75 | 35 | / |
| Konštant | 75 | 4 | / |
| Canstain | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kohnstan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Constaim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Konsthan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kounstan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Konstain | 75 | 1 | / |
| Konsttan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Comstain | 75 | 1 | / |
| Constone | 75 | 1 | / |
| Comstamt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Konstantova | 74 | 4 | / |
| Konstantová | 74 | 4 | / |
| Cohnstein | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kohnstamn | 71 | 2 | / |
| Johnstont | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kohnstann | 71 | 0 | / |
| Comston | 67 | 31 | / |
| Canston | 67 | 13 | / |
| Konstanova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Konston | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kanstan | 67 | 1 | / |
Constant Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Constant in the Bengali language | ||
| কনস্টান | kanastana | - |
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