Cathal Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Cathal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Cathal (7,468) may also be a first name.
Cathal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cathal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cathal occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cathal? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Cathal occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Cathal reside; 37 percent reside in Western Europe and 37 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Cathal is also the 74,388th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 7,468 people.
It is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 9,488,960. In France it is most common in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 100 percent reside. Besides France it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Ireland, where 11 percent reside.
Cathal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cathal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cathal surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Cathal
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