Kate Forename
2,008th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 503,388 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia
Kate Forename Definition:
A diminutive, sometimes bestowed as an independent font-name, of the next three:—Katharina.
Kate Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 127,783 | 1:2,837 | 496 |
| England | 100% | 80,901 | 1:687 | 157 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 75,308 | 1:2,358 | 441 |
| Australia | - | 53,677 | 1:254 | 35 |
| Ghana | 100% | 23,148 | 1:1,166 | 240 |
| Canada | 100% | 18,936 | 1:1,750 | 370 |
| New Zealand | - | 13,631 | 1:333 | 58 |
| South Africa | 100% | 12,681 | 1:4,300 | 811 |
| Poland | 99% | 12,110 | 1:3,140 | 248 |
| Russia | 99% | 7,753 | 1:18,604 | 522 |
| Philippines | 97% | 5,999 | 1:17,671 | 1,942 |
| Uganda | 99% | 5,413 | 1:7,566 | 829 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4,885 | 1:951 | 184 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4,590 | 1:3,728 | 600 |
| Wales | 100% | 4,227 | 1:732 | 180 |
| Denmark | - | 3,870 | 1:1,460 | 262 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3,402 | 1:1,573 | 261 |
| Sudan | 100% | 3,173 | 1:11,915 | 1,375 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 2,781 | 1:5,546 | 833 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,698 | 1:79,406 | 4,804 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,542 | 1:18,217 | 1,852 |
| India | 52% | 2,296 | 1:529,128 | 41,770 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,697 | 1:3,024 | 463 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1,505 | 1:2,802 | 415 |
| Thailand | 93% | 1,336 | 1:52,444 | 5,543 |
| China | - | 1,309 | 1:1,043,587 | 34,617 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,208 | 1:13,992 | 1,515 |
| Belarus | 98% | 1,175 | 1:8,070 | 233 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,156 | 1:84,395 | 6,393 |
| Egypt | 85% | 1,149 | 1:79,983 | 3,923 |
| DR Congo | 59% | 1,075 | 1:68,677 | 4,045 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,049 | 1:29,373 | 3,696 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,011 | 1:9,751 | 866 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 930 | 1:22,365 | 2,897 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 927 | 1:1,988 | 324 |
| Germany | 100% | 874 | 1:110,615 | 2,234 |
| France | 100% | 837 | 1:79,415 | 1,950 |
| Togo | - | 659 | 1:10,985 | 1,550 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 563 | 1:54,683 | 1,986 |
| Bangladesh | - | 550 | 1:289,930 | 13,006 |
| Hong Kong | - | 486 | 1:15,952 | 1,544 |
| Portugal | - | 443 | 1:23,501 | 1,054 |
| Singapore | 100% | 403 | 1:15,601 | 3,383 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 389 | 1:663,146 | 46,095 |
| Belgium | 100% | 385 | 1:29,844 | 1,891 |
| Zambia | - | 385 | 1:41,181 | 2,770 |
| Ivory Coast | 58% | 371 | 1:62,199 | 4,328 |
| Spain | 100% | 332 | 1:140,150 | 3,434 |
| Mali | - | 331 | 1:51,292 | 2,831 |
| Fiji | - | 317 | 1:2,815 | 794 |
| Kuwait | - | 313 | 1:12,093 | 1,427 |
| Botswana | 100% | 306 | 1:7,139 | 1,119 |
| Greece | 100% | 299 | 1:36,570 | 1,440 |
| South Korea | 100% | 299 | 1:18,543 | 1,849 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 289 | 1:28,420 | 1,685 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 288 | 1:2,017 | 359 |
| Swaziland | - | 282 | 1:4,611 | 838 |
| Papua New Guinea | 70% | 276 | 1:29,537 | 2,943 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 263 | 1:115,779 | 7,817 |
| Morocco | - | 246 | 1:139,629 | 4,172 |
| Japan | - | 242 | 1:528,868 | 11,366 |
| Gabon | 100% | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| Qatar | 77% | 225 | 1:10,532 | 1,670 |
| Guernsey | - | 224 | 1:283 | 71 |
| Kazakhstan | 96% | 221 | 1:80,302 | 2,694 |
| Italy | 100% | 220 | 1:277,555 | 3,563 |
| Bahrain | - | 207 | 1:6,515 | 1,046 |
| Nepal | 68% | 187 | 1:152,339 | 7,201 |
| Latvia | 100% | 160 | 1:12,598 | 750 |
| Malta | - | 153 | 1:2,806 | 475 |
| Liberia | 98% | 129 | 1:34,202 | 2,019 |
| Jersey | 100% | 127 | 1:787 | 180 |
| Israel | 72% | 124 | 1:67,765 | 3,590 |
| Mexico | 100% | 124 | 1:1,001,165 | 8,115 |
| Montenegro | 99% | 123 | 1:5,159 | 751 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 117 | 1:89,156 | 4,839 |
| Cameroon | 98% | 111 | 1:194,689 | 8,342 |
| Vietnam | - | 108 | 1:857,621 | 2,503 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 104 | 1:437,499 | 2,020 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 101 | 1:235,343 | 19,400 |
| Albania | 100% | 96 | 1:31,735 | 3,441 |
| Tanzania | 57% | 94 | 1:561,578 | 15,212 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 92 | 1:14,798 | 1,960 |
| Finland | 100% | 86 | 1:63,758 | 1,922 |
| Benin | 100% | 85 | 1:124,422 | 7,096 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 81 | 1:25,812 | 2,416 |
| Peru | 100% | 80 | 1:397,393 | 7,740 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 73 | 1:11,933 | 974 |
| Czechia | 100% | 70 | 1:152,231 | 1,388 |
| Afghanistan | 82% | 68 | 1:479,758 | 8,163 |
| Moldova | - | 62 | 1:57,438 | 964 |
| Serbia | 100% | 55 | 1:129,922 | 3,066 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 53 | 1:66,499 | 2,560 |
| Guinea | 100% | 52 | 1:228,051 | 2,609 |
| Chile | 100% | 51 | 1:345,239 | 4,938 |
| Estonia | 100% | 51 | 1:25,792 | 1,959 |
| Cambodia | 57% | 49 | 1:332,109 | 8,506 |
| Niger | 50% | 47 | 1:408,170 | 8,892 |
| Georgia | 95% | 46 | 1:81,271 | 3,243 |
| Austria | 100% | 45 | 1:189,204 | 2,926 |
| Jamaica | - | 45 | 1:64,072 | 3,301 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 44 | 1:162,545 | 11,410 |
| Hungary | 100% | 43 | 1:227,716 | 1,150 |
| Guyana | 100% | 39 | 1:19,571 | 2,427 |
| Guam | - | 38 | 1:4,228 | 780 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 38 | 1:794,787 | 18,429 |
| Colombia | 100% | 36 | 1:1,327,192 | 13,380 |
| Panama | 100% | 35 | 1:111,616 | 5,306 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 33 | 1:14,413 | 402 |
| Mongolia | - | 31 | 1:94,671 | 6,256 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 28 | 1:6,351 | 1,010 |
| Gibraltar | - | 27 | 1:1,264 | 259 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 26 | 1:183,383 | 4,417 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Rwanda | - | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| Bermuda | - | 24 | 1:2,701 | 544 |
| Iraq | - | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Lebanon | 67% | 23 | 1:244,677 | 4,676 |
| Oman | - | 19 | 1:216,246 | 3,325 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 19 | 1:186,858 | 2,502 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 19 | 1:129,408 | 3,204 |
| Ecuador | - | 18 | 1:984,829 | 7,752 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 18 | 1:4,724 | 171 |
| Lithuania | - | 16 | 1:184,493 | 1,873 |
| Guatemala | - | 14 | 1:1,150,602 | 4,788 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Burkina Faso | 75% | 13 | 1:1,413,805 | 35,544 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 13 | 1:4,715 | 843 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 13 | 1:14,950,591 | 86,698 |
| Myanmar | - | 12 | 1:4,329,023 | 1,400 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 11 | 1:635,490 | 8,785 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 11 | 1:543,025 | 16,192 |
| Argentina | 100% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Armenia | 100% | 10 | 1:291,875 | 4,379 |
| Azerbaijan | 75% | 10 | 1:964,294 | 14,459 |
| Kosovo | - | 10 | 1:186,144 | 7,603 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Senegal | 50% | 9 | 1:1,620,151 | 12,107 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 8 | 1:6,141 | 867 |
| Haiti | - | 8 | 1:1,340,869 | 18,166 |
| Monaco | - | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Belize | - | 7 | 1:50,616 | 3,777 |
| Cook Islands | - | 7 | 1:2,593 | 418 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Jordan | 80% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Laos | - | 7 | 1:940,979 | 889 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 7 | 1:185,398 | 4,003 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:15,678 | 1,755 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Honduras | - | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Marshall Islands | 83% | 6 | 1:8,538 | 1,253 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Slovakia | - | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| Iran | - | 5 | 1:15,699,374 | 37,124 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Lesotho | 75% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Paraguay | - | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Käte (15,565), Katé (9), Katë (8), Katê (1), Káte (1) & Katè (1) are calculated separately.
Kate (65,757) may also be a surname.
Kate Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A diminutive, sometimes bestowed as an independent font-name, of the next three:—Katharina.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Greek (feminine) - Spotless, pure.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Kate Forename Popularity
Kate Demographics
Kate Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 328 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Kate Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kate in the Russian language | ||
| Катэ | kate | - |
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