Cater Surname
Approximately 11,314 people bear this surname
Cater Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,140 | 1:70,517 | 8,183 |
| England | 2,659 | 1:20,955 | 2,952 |
| Philippines | 719 | 1:140,804 | 23,744 |
| Canada | 620 | 1:59,428 | 7,010 |
| Australia | 551 | 1:48,994 | 6,105 |
| Moldova | 387 | 1:9,203 | 1,541 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| New Zealand | 172 | 1:26,327 | 4,610 |
| Indonesia | 100 | 1:1,322,492 | 91,711 |
| Wales | 88 | 1:35,165 | 3,495 |
| Israel | 81 | 1:105,650 | 12,007 |
| South Africa | 80 | 1:677,221 | 49,167 |
| Germany | 64 | 1:1,257,898 | 80,532 |
| Liberia | 52 | 1:84,780 | 6,985 |
| Brazil | 42 | 1:5,097,008 | 130,362 |
| Scotland | 38 | 1:140,890 | 8,524 |
| Northern Ireland | 22 | 1:83,865 | 5,605 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Slovenia | 8 | 1:310,959 | 16,987 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Jamaica | 5 | 1:573,989 | 10,196 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,418 | 1:17,190 | 2,500 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:87,134 | 3,963 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:287,940 | 9,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 891 | 1:56,362 | 6,298 |
The alternate forms: Čater (440) are calculated separately.
Cater (197) may also be a first name.
Cater Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title. 'the cater,' a caterer, more correctly a cater, contracted from acatour, a buyer for a house. 'Of which achatours mighten take ensemple': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. 'Catour of a gentylmans house, despensier':
Palsgrave. 'Catours, manciples, spencers, cokes': 1459. Mun. Acad. Oxfordshire.; v. Chater. The final er in Caterer is a needless addition, as in poulterer and upholsterer. It occurs early, as will be seen below.
William le Catur, Essex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Henry le Catour, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
John le Achatur, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
John le Catur. Placitorum in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi.
Bernard le Acatour, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.
Nicholas le Catour. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.
William Katerer, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
1523. John Cater and Johanna Thrower: Marriage Lic. (London).
1569. Married — Henry Cater and Joan Powlter: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1803. — Francis John Cator and Mary Ann Humphreys: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Caterer, Purveyor Middle English cater, catour, achátour; Old French acateur (French acheteur), buyer; Low Latin accaptare, to buy] Henry le Catour.—Hundred Rolls A gentil maunciple was ther of a temple, Of which achatours myghte take exemple For to be wise in byynge of vitaille.— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 567-9.
(Teutonic) perh. also a nickname from the Ger. and Dutch kater, ‘tom-cat.’
Formerly acater, a caterer or purveyor. Halliw. Le Catour, Le Catur. H.R. The place allotted to the keeping of provisions purchased for the court was called the aeatry, and the purchaser himself bore the name of the Achatour. Le Achatur is another form in the H.R.
From the Old Norse, Köttr; from the Dutch, Kater, Ketter; from the German, Katte; from the French, Chaté; personal name See Catt and Carter.
Walter Cater occurs in a deed A.D. 1076, Harl. MS. John de Catara, Beswick, Yorkshire, and Walter Catar his nephew in a deed 1 Steph. Chaitres in Roll of Battell Abbey (?).
Cater: a confectioner, maker of cates.
“Though my cates be mean, take them in good part; Better cheer may you have, but not with better heart.” Comedy of Errors, III. I.
Cater Demographics
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Cater Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cater Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cater is most common in The United States. It may also occur as a variant: Čater. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cater? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 45,833rd most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 644,118 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Cater live; 48 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 646,152nd most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 197 people.
It is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 5,140 people, or 1 in 70,517. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 11 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and Texas, where 9 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 79 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent are found and The Philippines, where 6 percent are found.
Cater Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cater has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 577 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 188 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 489 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 292 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 280 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Cater Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Cater last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Cater last name are 11.28% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.05% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Cater earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 0.45% less than the national average, earning R 236,568 per year; in United States they earn 2.59% less than the national average, earning $42,031 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.75% less than the national average, earning $48,316 CAD per year.
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