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 is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cathal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cathal is the 4,532,898th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Cathal is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Cathal reside; 37 percent reside in Western Europe and 37 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 74,388th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 7,468 people.
The last name is most widespread in France, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 9,488,960. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 100 percent reside. Beside France this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Ireland, where 11 percent reside.
Cathal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cathal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying 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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