Catchings Surname

179,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Catchings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Catchings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3681:153,06515,702
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2341:214,61018,363

Catchings Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Catchings Come From? nationality or country of origin

Catchings occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Catchings.

How Common Is The Last Name Catchings? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 179,912th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,074,914 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Catchings reside; 80 percent reside in North America and 80 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Catchings is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 2,368 people, or 1 in 153,065. In The United States Catchings is most prevalent in: Mississippi, where 23 percent are found, Texas, where 13 percent are found and Illinois, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The United States Catchings exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent are found and Turkey, where 0 percent are found.

Catchings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Catchings has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,012 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Catchings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Catchings are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.

Catchings earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.79% less than the national average, earning $37,198 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Catchings
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis