Consterdine
English
Etymology
Probably a corruption of the personal name Constantine.
Proper noun
Consterdine (plural Consterdines)
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- 1959 February, “Talking of Trains: Last steam from Crewe”, in Trains Illustrated, page 66:
- Steam locomotive construction at Crewe terminated on December 15, 1958, when Class "9" 2-10-0 No. 92250 left the works to take up duty. The Mayor of Crewe, Councillor Tom Consterdine, a former railwayman, drove the engine out of the paint shop.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Consterdine is the 16095th most common surname in England, belonging to 314 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Consterdine”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 362.
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