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

The last name Catchings is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Catchings? popularity and diffusion

Catchings is the 179,912th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 3,074,914 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Catchings are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Catchings is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 2,368 people, or 1 in 153,065. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Mississippi, where 23 percent are found, Texas, where 13 percent are found and Illinois, where 9 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found 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 prevalency of Catchings has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Catchings last name grew 1,012 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Catchings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Catchings last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered with the political 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
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