Catalin Surname

195,028th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Catalin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Catalin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1,6821:11,9371,530
France1501:442,81863,836
Argentina1061:403,24030,872
Cyprus271:32,7733,506
United States261:13,940,728505,428
England261:2,143,00282,017
Italy191:3,218,773100,309
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Moldova121:296,78124,445
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Macau11:601,6301,582
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Catalín (1) & Cătălin (133) are calculated separately.

Catalin (114,101) may also be a first name.

Catalin Last Name Facts

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

Catalin occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Catalín or Cătălin. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Catalin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 195,028th most commonly held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 3,384,833 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Catalin live; 79 percent live in Eastern Europe and 79 percent live in Romanian Europe. Catalin is also the 9,019th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 114,101 people.

It is most common in Romania, where it is held by 1,682 people, or 1 in 11,937. In Romania Catalin is mostly found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 22 percent reside, Prahova County, where 16 percent reside and Neamț County, where 7 percent reside. Not including Romania Catalin is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent reside and Argentina, where 5 percent reside.

Catalin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Catalin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Catalin surname expanded 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Catalin Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Catalin earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 20.29% more than the national average, earning $51,906 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.83% less than the national average, earning $40,326 CAD 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
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  • 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 Catalin
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