Cathey Surname
Approximately 12,078 people bear this surname
Cathey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,580 | 1:31,300 | 3,895 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Israel | 149 | 1:57,434 | 7,375 |
| South Africa | 52 | 1:1,041,879 | 63,251 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Ecuador | 24 | 1:662,744 | 12,125 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 62 | 1:393,151 | 23,809 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,346 | 1:37,310 | 4,413 |
Cathey (4,210) may also be a first name.
Cathey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From Cathay; a location name in South Wales.
User-submitted Reference
Derived from the Scottish clan MacFie, via Macaffee.
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Cathey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cathey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cathey occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cathey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 43,097th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 603,374 people. The last name Cathey is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Cathey live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 106,941st most widely held given name internationally, held by 4,210 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 11,580 people, or 1 in 31,300. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 17 percent are found, Tennessee, where 16 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States it is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent are found and Israel, where 1 percent are found.
Cathey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cathey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 860 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 29 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cathey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Cathey surname is principally Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States Cathey are 15.03% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.8% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Cathey 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 5.01% less than the national average, earning $40,987 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.15% less than the national average, earning $48,118 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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