Cately Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Cately Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cately Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:1,321,54472,820

Cately Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cately occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Cately click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cately? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Cately are found; 82 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Cately is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 25,889,924. In The United States Cately is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 50 percent live, Ohio, where 21 percent live and New York, where 14 percent live. Apart from The United States Cately occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 12 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Cately Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cately has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 63 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cately Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Cately last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Cately earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 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 Cately
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