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
Average Kater Salary in
United States
$50,890 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kater Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kater Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kater (Bengali: কাতের, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻃﺮﻩ, Hindi: कटेर, Marathi: कटेर, Oriya: କାେତର, Russian: Катер) has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Käter. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kater? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kater is the 68,767th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,009,355 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 36 percent of Kater are found; 28 percent are found in Western Europe and 28 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 201,391st most widely held forename in the world, held by 1,491 people.
The last name Kater is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 1,622 people, or 1 in 98,247. Beside Bangladesh this surname 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 frequency of Kater has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 501 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 344 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kater Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kater last name is principally Maronite (82%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Kater are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% 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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Kater Reference & Research
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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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