Cathy Surname
Approximately 3,101 people bear this surname
Cathy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,282 | 1:282,729 | 26,321 |
| Papua New Guinea | 534 | 1:15,269 | 1,479 |
| France | 209 | 1:317,812 | 48,279 |
| New Zealand | 204 | 1:22,198 | 3,889 |
| Australia | 199 | 1:135,657 | 14,662 |
| China | 144 | 1:9,495,289 | 608 |
| Canada | 135 | 1:272,930 | 25,634 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| England | 59 | 1:944,374 | 47,923 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 156 | 1:321,915 | 25,142 |
Cathy (604,968) may also be a first name.
Cathy Demographics
Average Male Cathy Height
176.62 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cathy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cathy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cathy (Hindi: चाठ्या) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cathy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 143,498th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,350,063 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Cathy live; 46 percent live in North America and 45 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,640th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, borne by 604,968 people.
The last name Cathy is most common in The United States, where it is held by 1,282 people, or 1 in 282,729. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 9 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and New York, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in 71 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live and France, where 7 percent live.
Cathy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cathy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cathy surname increased 822 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 1,475 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 60 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Cathy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (70%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Cathy surname are 5.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.44% registered with the political party.
The amount Cathy earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 8.35% less than the national average, earning $39,548 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.63% less than the national average, earning $44,897 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cathy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cathy in the Hindi language | ||
| चाठ्या | cathya | - |
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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
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- 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 Cathy
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