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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.

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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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 81
Paris 376
Nord 340
Dordogne 248
Bouches-du-Rhône 227
Ardèche 189
Vaucluse 177
Gironde 160
Lot 154

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 map

Where they live today

Liège 381
Namur 169
Hainaut 142
West Flanders 60
Luxembourg Province 59
Brussels-Capital 36
Walloon Brabant 22
Flemish Brabant 6

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

Vaud 33
Geneva 25
Zurich 7
Lucerne 5
Fribourg 4
St. Gallen 4
Thurgau 4
Bern 3

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

Buenos Aires Province 40

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.

Newspaper page from St. Landry Clarion carrying the name Constant
St. Landry Clarion 1909-08-21
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Constant
The Sun 1895-12-15
Newspaper page from The South-western carrying the name Constant
The South-western 1855-02-28

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.

  • Rosalie de Constant
    Rosalie de Constant 1758–1835 · naturalist
  • Rosalie de Constant
    Rosalie de Constant 1758–1834 · naturalist
  • Jean Baptiste Pierre Constant, Count of Suzannet
    Jean Baptiste Pierre Constant, Count of Suzannet 1772–1815 · military officer
  • Jean Victor Constant de Rebecque
    Jean Victor Constant de Rebecque 1773–1850 · military personnel
  • David Constant 1638–1733 · theologian
  • Charlotte Constant de Rebecque 1734–1766

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Constant is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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