Custance Surname

270,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,441 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Custance Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Coustance.' The popular form was Custance.

'But Hermegild loved Custance as hire. And distance hath so long sojourned ther.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. 4956-7.

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Custance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia4851:55,6616,818
England4471:124,64912,499
United States2601:1,394,07396,365
Canada1701:216,73920,919
Wales241:128,9399,528
Scotland91:594,86921,724
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
France31:22,140,907385,998
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3531:69,0527,784
Scotland101:374,32210,959
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

Custance (27) may also be a first name.

Custance Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Coustance.' The popular form was Custance.

'But Hermegild loved Custance as hire. And distance hath so long sojourned ther.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. 4956-7.

To-day as surnames both Custance and Custerson (i.e. Custance-son) are familiar to Cambridgeshire, distance as a personal name was a favourite in that county in the 13th century. For Custerson, compare Matterson, Paterson and Catterson, from Mattinson, Pattinson, and Cattinson.

Constance, or Custance de Byerne, Nottinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Custaunce, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Henry fil. Custance, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Custance Burnard, Cambridgeshire ibid.

Custance de Bergh, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Adam Custanson, 1379: ibid.

The last two instances entered together are probably mother and son.

Willelmus Custeson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Custans serviens Petri atte Milne, 1379: ibid.

Petronilla Custaunce, 1379: ibid.

1639. Married — Henry Custance and Maria Godbeare: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1801. — Robert Custance and Elizabeth Smith: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

A form of Constance, q.v.

And so bifel that th’excellent renoun Of the emperoures doghter, dame Custance...— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, B 150-1.

Cp. Cuss.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A form of Constance, or De Coutances.

The Norman People (1874)

From Coutance; a location name in Normandy.

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

Custance: from Coûtances. The Bishop of that see came to England with the Conqueror. Godfrid was his name, and he was richly rewarded with manors. He plundered his estates in England to obtain the money wherewith to build the glorious cathedral of Coûtances. Doubtless the Custance family derives from some retainer of the Bishop who remained in England looking after his interests, but certainly not those of his tenants and villeins.

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

Custance Last Name Facts

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

The surname Custance is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Custance? popularity and diffusion

Custance is the 270,601st most common family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,057,284 people. Custance occurs predominantly in Europe, where 34 percent of Custance live; 34 percent live in Australasia and 34 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 27 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is held by 485 people, or 1 in 55,661. In Australia it is primarily concentrated in: Victoria, where 49 percent reside, New South Wales, where 21 percent reside and Queensland, where 15 percent reside. Beside Australia it is found in 25 countries. It is also common in England, where 31 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Custance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Custance has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Custance last name increased 127 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 788 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 10 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Custance Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Custance surname are 20.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.57% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Custance earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 28.37% more than the national average, earning $55,390 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.9% less than the national average, earning $43,275 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coustance9448/
Cuttance88203/
Coutance88168/
Costance88116/
Justance888/
Kustance883/
Custanca881/
Coutanche82324/
Coutances8263/
Cotance803/
Koustancer780/
Coustans75243/
Costanci7536/
Cottance7533/
Kustanci7516/
Custanza759/
Coutange758/
Costanze755/
Costanca754/
Kustanczi715/
Costandse711/
Cutainger710/
Custons6767/
Costanz6725/
Kustanz674/
Kutange673/
Cutanza671/
Coutans671/
Kutanci671/
Costans671/

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