Find out how popular the last name Catterlin is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Catterlin.

Catterlin, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Catterlin surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Catterlin in America

Catterlin is the 133048th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Catterlin surname appeared 127 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Catterlin.

We can also compare 2010 data for Catterlin to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Catterlin

The surname Catterlin has its origins in the northern English counties of Northumberland and Durham. It first appeared as a locational surname in the 13th century, derived from the old English words 'cateran' meaning to gather and 'lin' meaning a small hill or rising ground. This suggests the name may have referred to a person who lived near a gathering place on a small hill.

The earliest recorded mention of the name appears in the Court Rolls of the County of Durham in 1297, where a William Caterlyn is listed as a freeholder. Similar spellings from this period include Caterlin, Caterling and Catterline. There are no known entries for the name in the Domesday Book of 1086.

By the 14th century, the name had spread to other parts of northern England, particularly Yorkshire. The Poll Tax records of 1379 list a John Caterlin residing in the village of Osmotherley. Variations like Catterling and Catherlin also appear around this time.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Richard Caterlyn, born around 1420 in the village of Stanhope, County Durham. He was a yeoman farmer who held lands in the area. His descendants continued using the Caterlyn spelling into the 16th century.

Notable people with this surname include:

1. Thomas Catterlin (c.1520-1582), an English Protestant reformer and minister from Berwick-upon-Tweed.

2. Edmond Catterlin (1558-1623), a member of the Virginia Company who helped establish the Jamestown colony.

3. Margaret Catterlin (1638-1712), one of the last people convicted of witchcraft in England, from the village of Longwitton, Northumberland.

4. John Catterlin (1675-1741), a merchant and alderman in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne.

5. William Catterlin (1799-1868), a noted historian from Durham who wrote extensively on the local families and place names of the region.

The name Catterlin continued to be mainly concentrated in northern England until the 19th century when some families migrated to other parts of Britain and abroad. However, its origins and earliest recordings can be traced back to the northeastern counties over 700 years ago.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Catterlin

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Catterlin.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Catterlin was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Catterlin has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Catterlin was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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