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 occurs most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms: Čater. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cater? popularity and diffusion
It is the 45,833rd most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 644,118 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Cater are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 646,152nd most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 197 people.
The last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 5,140 people, or 1 in 70,517. In The United States it is most numerous in: Georgia, where 11 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Texas, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Cater is found in 79 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent live and The Philippines, where 6 percent live.
Cater Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cater has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cater surname expanded 577 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 188 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 489 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 292 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 280 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Cater Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Cater last name are 11.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.05% being registered with 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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