Catterson Surname

223,394th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,823 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Catterson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Catherine' from the diminutive Catlin, which see. Hence Cattlinson or Cattinson corrupted to Catterson; compare Patterson, Dickenson, or Mattersen for Pattinson, Dickinson, and Mattinson.

Read More About This Surname

Catterson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7651:473,80340,248
England3341:166,82115,434
Northern Ireland1641:11,2501,712
Scotland1501:35,6923,478
Australia1271:212,56520,555
Ireland1131:41,6723,227
Canada951:387,84834,448
Wales231:134,5459,804
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Jersey101:9,9202,003
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland751:59,0654,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England851:286,76919,769
Scotland491:76,3924,290
Wales81:196,0527,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1951:257,53221,220

Catterson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Catherine' from the diminutive Catlin, which see. Hence Cattlinson or Cattinson corrupted to Catterson; compare Patterson, Dickenson, or Mattersen for Pattinson, Dickinson, and Mattinson.

Francis Catterson, churchwarden of Skipton, 1664: Dawson's History Skipton.

1733. Married — John Brown and Martha Catterson: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Catter’s or Cater’s Son: v. Cater.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Catterson Last Name Facts

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

Catterson is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Catterson? popularity and diffusion

It is the 223,394th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,997,557 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Catterson reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 765 people, or 1 in 473,803. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 14 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States it is found in 20 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 9 percent live.

Catterson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Catterson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Catterson surname grew 392 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 393 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 306 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 151 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 288 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Catterson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Catterson surname is principally Catholic (61%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Catterson surname are 17.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.2% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Catterson earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 91.77% less than the national average, earning R 19,560 per year; in United States they earn 0.22% more than the national average, earning $43,244 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.63% less than the national average, earning $47,878 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Catterson
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis