The Constant surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,173 people carried this name — #7,929 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 11% from 3,762 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,246 people named Constant.
81 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 103 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 875 people named Constant live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
88 people named Constant live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 40 people named Constant live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Constant in American newspapers,
1855–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,381,664 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Constant,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rosalie de Constant 1758–1835 · naturalist -
Rosalie de Constant 1758–1834 · naturalist -
Jean Baptiste Pierre Constant, Count of Suzannet 1772–1815 · military officer -
Jean Victor Constant de Rebecque 1773–1850 · military personnel
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David Constant 1638–1733 · theologian
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Charlotte Constant de Rebecque 1734–1766
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Constant.
- Consiglio 1,556 · U.S. census
- Consoli 628 · U.S. census
- Consolino 212 · U.S. census
- Constan 130 · U.S. census
- Constance 1,629 · U.S. census
- Constans 126 · U.S. census
- Constantin 927 · U.S. census
- Constantinescu 313 · U.S. census
- Constantini 232 · U.S. census
- Constantinides 314 · U.S. census
- Constantino 5,442 · U.S. census
- Consul 193 · U.S. census
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