Catala Surname
Approximately 18,770 people bear this surname
Catala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 8,912 | 1:5,246 | 651 |
| France | 2,747 | 1:24,180 | 2,851 |
| Angola | 1,775 | 1:15,205 | 1,826 |
| Cuba | 1,560 | 1:7,386 | 735 |
| Argentina | 1,175 | 1:36,377 | 3,036 |
| United States | 1,036 | 1:349,864 | 31,368 |
| Philippines | 543 | 1:186,442 | 29,829 |
| Mexico | 162 | 1:766,211 | 11,378 |
| Puerto Rico | 139 | 1:25,541 | 805 |
| Dominican Republic | 131 | 1:79,641 | 3,650 |
| Brazil | 92 | 1:2,326,895 | 71,923 |
| South Africa | 84 | 1:644,973 | 47,754 |
| Canada | 73 | 1:504,734 | 42,927 |
| Chile | 52 | 1:338,778 | 9,521 |
| Venezuela | 52 | 1:580,848 | 10,516 |
| Belgium | 45 | 1:255,481 | 31,256 |
| Uruguay | 41 | 1:83,701 | 8,547 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| El Salvador | 6 | 1:1,057,315 | 4,053 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Catalá (238), Català (187), Cátala (4) & Catalã (1) are calculated separately.
Catala (967) may also be a first name.
Catala Demographics
Average Male Catala Height
172.89 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Catala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Catala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Catala (Arabic: كاتالا) is carried by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Catalá, Català, Cátala or Catalã. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Catala? popularity and diffusion
Catala is the 28,611th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 388,255 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Catala live; 47 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 47 percent live in Iberian Europe. Catala is also the 259,308th most frequently held forename internationally It is held by 967 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Spain, where it is borne by 8,912 people, or 1 in 5,246. In Spain Catala is most common in: Valencian Community, where 58 percent reside, Catalonia, where 24 percent reside and Balearic Islands, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Spain this surname occurs in 57 countries. It is also found in France, where 15 percent reside and Angola, where 9 percent reside.
Catala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Catala has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Catala last name increased 34,533 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Catala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Catala surname are 45.73% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 98.96% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Catala earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 19.06% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,080 per year; in South Africa they earn 51.74% more than the national average, earning R 360,588 per year; in United States they earn 2.24% more than the national average, earning $44,117 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.32% more than the national average, earning $64,252 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Catala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Catala in the Arabic language | ||
| كاتالا | katala | - |
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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 Catala
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