Cats Surname

432,755th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 795 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Suriname

Cats Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cats Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5121:32,9835,495
Cambodia721:215,0993,115
France601:1,107,045119,335
Canada451:818,79163,991
Suriname381:14,5433,502
Israel271:316,94927,106
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Norway71:734,61250,907
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
England21:27,859,030389,889
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1311:383,34928,717

Cats (4,201) may also be a first name.

Cats Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cats Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cats occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cats? popularity and diffusion

Cats is the 432,755th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,166,724 people. Cats is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Cats reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 65 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 107,074th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 4,201 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 512 people, or 1 in 32,983. In The Netherlands Cats is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 23 percent are found, North Holland, where 20 percent are found and Friesland, where 19 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands it occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 9 percent are found and France, where 8 percent are found.

Cats Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cats has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Cats last name decreased 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cats Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Cats earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.01% less than the national average, earning 221,442 kr per year and in Canada they earn 14.09% more than the national average, earning $56,684 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Catts89686/
Chats8931/
Caits8927/
Ccats896/
Cauts893/
Scats893/
Cayts893/
Ceats892/
Casts891/
Catcs891/
Cat's891/
Caats890/
Cat8622,568/
Cas866,606/
Sceats80273/
Chatse80115/
Caites8041/
Cheats8013/
Chaits808/
Chatts803/
Scauts801/
Tchats801/
Scatts800/
Ckatts800/
Cautts800/
Case7570,703/
Cash7553,111/
Cass7519,262/
Cate7510,351/
Kats7510,161/
Catt755,375/
Cast753,306/
Caus752,822/
Cais752,424/
Cots752,248/
Zats75971/
Sats75934/
Caas75723/
Ceas75659/
Catz75634/
Cath75519/
Cays75332/
Caut75306/
Casd75227/
Cait75181/
Casp75157/
Cads75151/
Cacs7556/
Caat7551/
Ccat7528/
Cajt7517/
Casz7515/
Cajs7514/
Jats7512/
Ceat7510/
Caht755/
Cadt754/
Catp753/
Cazt753/
Caïs753/
Qats752/
Kcat752/
Hcat752/
Catc752/
Hcas751/
Caís751/
Cahs751/
Cayt751/
Caët751/
Catd751/
Qcas751/
Qcat751/
Cgat751/
Casj751/
Cqas751/
Cqat751/
Kcas751/
Casx750/
Chatshe73263/
Chaites737/
Tchatse732/
Chautse732/
Chathse731/
Cautchs731/
Ca6787,668/
Casse675,347/
Keats674,997/
Coots674,761/
Casci671,524/
Couts671,420/
Katse671,196/
Zayts671,109/
Seats671,049/
Caste671,037/
Caute67911/
Cheat67758/
Kauts67746/
Catte67732/
Cotts67688/
Katts67607/
Cause67559/
Kahts67546/
Caise67529/
Zaits67396/
Kaats67319/
Caust67290/
Sauts67255/
Cashe67218/
Chatz67215/
Cheas67206/
Catch67168/
Cayte67134/
Causs67130/
Ziats67124/
Khats67116/
Casce67111/
Cayse67110/
Caics6784/
Caðas6782/
Casch6768/
Katsh6762/
Zatse6741/
Caish6739/
Caush6736/
Cault6736/
Cahut6736/
Caase6734/
Kaths6733/
Chads6729/
Scots6729/
Saits6727/
Cahat6722/
Kaits6721/
Cauth6720/
Ceass6719/
Kayts6716/
Ccate6715/
Caite6715/
Cathe6714/
Catci6714/
Caudt6713/
Cahus6712/
Chots6712/
Costs6710/
Satsh6710/
Jatts679/
Cassø677/
Zeats676/
Cahas676/
Cautz675/
Cauët675/
Kcase674/
Caitz674/
Jaats674/
Caiss673/
Caash673/
Casst673/
Dzats673/
Cahís673/
Katsz673/
Kcash673/
Satts672/
Cgath672/
Caist672/
Cadte672/
Caisp672/
Gcase672/
Caate672/
Cassì672/
Cautt672/
Csots672/
Ceath671/
Katst671/
Saats671/
Saths671/
Cassh671/
Catth671/
Cattz671/
Cashs671/
Casjh671/
Cahsh671/
Caith671/
Caatz671/
Chaitesh671/
Hsats671/
Cotst671/
Codts671/
Caass671/
Katss671/
Sayts671/
Jauts671/
Sahts671/
Tsats671/
Ckait671/
Ccash671/
Caňas671/
Cathd671/
Casìs671/
Cotse671/
Katcs671/
Qatse671/
Qatsh671/
Catze671/
Ccots671/
Chaithes671/
Castt671/
Coits670/
Cuots670/
Caitt670/
Jaths670/
Casth670/
Cazse670/

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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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  • 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 Cats
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