Custy Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Custy Surname Definition:

Woulfe evidently treated the name Custy as obsolete, as he does not give this as one of the anglicized variants of the Gaelic Irish Mac Oiste (or Mac Coiste), though he does give MacCosty as a form no longer in use. Custy, however, appears in the Clare freeholders, 1821, and is still extant in west Clare to my own knowledge.

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Custy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1671:2,170,413136,881
Ireland611:77,1964,645
England261:2,143,00282,017
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Wales51:618,90625,852
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland541:82,0355,702
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States791:635,68042,122

Custy (327) may also be a first name.

Custy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Woulfe evidently treated the name Custy as obsolete, as he does not give this as one of the anglicized variants of the Gaelic Irish Mac Oiste (or Mac Coiste), though he does give MacCosty as a form no longer in use. Custy, however, appears in the Clare freeholders, 1821, and is still extant in west Clare to my own knowledge. According to tradition Mac Oiste, normally anglicized Hosty (sometimes Hasty), originated as a surname with Roger (Hodge) Merrick, a Mayo Welshman who was killed in 1276. It was in Co. Galway in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: it occurs as MacCusty in the Compossicion Book of Conought (1585); eight times as MacCosty(e) and MacCosto in the Galway Book of Survey & Distribution (barony of Dunmore) and many times in the Elizabethan Fiants relating to counties Galway and Mayo as MacHostie, MacHoste, MacCoiste, MacQuist etc., and is still found in its modern form in fair numbers in those counties.

Hasty is mentioned in the Registrar-General's report on synonyms as becoming Hastings both in Co. Armagh and Co. Derry. The rare name McGusty is also presumably an anglicized form of Mac Oiste.

Supplement to Irish Families (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Custy Last Name Facts

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

Custy occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Custy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 940,398th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The surname Custy occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Custy reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 484,932nd most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 327 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 2,170,413. In The United States Custy is most frequent in: Colorado, where 24 percent are found, Connecticut, where 14 percent are found and New Jersey, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 22 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Custy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Custy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Custy last name grew 211 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 113 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it grew 433 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Custy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (94%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Custy last name are 18.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 72.22% registered with the party.

The amount Custy earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 25.41% more than the national average, earning $54,114 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.11% more than the national average, earning $60,169 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cousty91971/
Custey9134/
Chusty915/
Causty912/
Coustey8310/
Chustiy835/
Chushty834/
Chuisty831/
Caustey831/
Costy80387/
Kusty80100/
Custa8084/
Custe807/
Custi804/
Custer7315,309/
Custis732,066/
Couste731,055/
Costoy73378/
Costey73226/
Chusti73114/
Cousté7344/
Kushty7319/
Chuste7315/
Causta7314/
Cousta7313/
Causte7312/
Custet739/
Kustiy738/
Kustay737/
Costty735/
Cuista735/
Custie734/
Custes733/
Kustyo733/
Khusty732/
Ciusti732/
Kuisty732/
Costay732/
Custid731/
Cushta731/
Cossty731/
Custed731/
Ceuste731/
Coustá731/
Cussta731/
Cushti731/
Custaj731/
Kustey731/
Custea730/
Custte730/
Custip730/
Coustet67449/
Coustes67184/
Custead67176/
Chushti67162/
Ciustea67150/
Coustie6736/
Couster6723/
Custich676/
Kustaya676/
Coustès675/
Causter674/
Chousti674/
Kushtay673/
Custiss673/
Chauste673/
Chustti672/
Coustai672/
Kushtey672/
Chusthi672/
Kustych672/
Khustey671/
Cousteu671/
Kusthiy671/
Custter671/
Chustai671/
Chuisti671/
Khustyi671/
Costhey671/
Chustee671/
Chouste671/
Costtey670/
Custeed670/
Caustie670/

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