Kater Surname
Approximately 7,220 people bear this surname
Kater Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,622 | 1:98,247 | 4,266 |
| Germany | 1,119 | 1:71,944 | 9,123 |
| Egypt | 885 | 1:103,882 | 8,743 |
| Netherlands | 848 | 1:19,914 | 3,141 |
| United States | 712 | 1:509,072 | 42,697 |
| Iraq | 299 | 1:117,129 | 3,341 |
| Turkey | 247 | 1:315,066 | 20,403 |
| Yemen | 197 | 1:134,139 | 7,023 |
| Algeria | 176 | 1:219,497 | 25,178 |
| South Africa | 165 | 1:328,350 | 30,751 |
| Brazil | 148 | 1:1,446,448 | 48,665 |
| India | 145 | 1:5,290,106 | 129,949 |
| Indonesia | 72 | 1:1,836,794 | 117,778 |
| Poland | 69 | 1:550,851 | 51,833 |
| Russia | 62 | 1:2,324,565 | 137,882 |
| Australia | 55 | 1:490,831 | 37,357 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Luxembourg | 32 | 1:18,142 | 3,979 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Lebanon | 26 | 1:216,811 | 8,749 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Palestine | 8 | 1:568,606 | 13,348 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 25 | 1:149,729 | 6,268 |
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 142 | 1:353,653 | 27,017 |
The alternate forms: Käter (124) are calculated separately.
Kater (1,491) may also be a first name.
Kater Demographics
Kater Political Affiliation
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Kater Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kater Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kater (Bengali: কাতের, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻃﺮﻩ, Hindi: कटेर, Marathi: कटेर, Oriya: କାେତର, Russian: Катер) has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It can be rendered as: Käter. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kater? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 68,767th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,009,355 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 36 percent of Kater reside; 28 percent reside in Western Europe and 28 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Kater is also the 201,391st most common first name internationally, held by 1,491 people.
The surname Kater is most frequently occurring in Bangladesh, where it is held by 1,622 people, or 1 in 98,247. Other than Bangladesh Kater exists in 73 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 15 percent are found and Egypt, where 12 percent are found.
Kater Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kater has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kater last name increased 501 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 344 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kater Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Maronite (82%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Kater surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kater earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 2.25% more than the national average, earning R 242,976 per year; in United States they earn 17.94% more than the national average, earning $50,890 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.45% more than the national average, earning $52,391 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kater Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kater in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻃﺮﻩ | alkhatrh | - |
| Kater in the Bengali language | ||
| কাতের | katera | - |
| Kater in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେତର | kaetara | - |
| Kater in the Marathi language | ||
| कटेर | katera | 96 |
| कथरे | kathare | 4 |
| Kater in the Hindi language | ||
| कटेर | katera | 85.71 |
| कटार | katara | 14.29 |
| Kater in the Russian language | ||
| Катер | kater | - |
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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 Kater
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