Kather Surname
Approximately 3,013 people bear this surname
Kather Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,473 | 1:54,654 | 7,095 |
| India | 865 | 1:886,781 | 38,668 |
| United States | 257 | 1:1,410,346 | 97,237 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Nepal | 50 | 1:569,619 | 4,661 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
The alternate forms: Käther (125) are calculated separately.
Kather (1,413) may also be a first name.
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Kather Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kather Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kather (Arabic: كثر, Hindi: कठेर, Marathi: काथेर) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Käther. For other potential spellings of Kather click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kather? popularity and diffusion
It is the 147,032nd most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,418,701 people. Kather occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Kather are found; 49 percent are found in Western Europe and 49 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Kather is also the 207,787th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 1,413 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,473 people, or 1 in 54,654. In Germany Kather is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 48 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live and Berlin, where 10 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in 44 countries. It is also common in India, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Kather Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kather has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,168 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 160 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kather Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic (90%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Kather surname are 8.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.29% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kather earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 19.96% more than the national average, earning $51,762 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.3% more than the national average, earning $51,323 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kather Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kather in the Marathi language | ||
| काथेर | kathera | 90.36 |
| काठेऱ | kathera | 2.03 |
| काठेर | kathera | 2.03 |
| काथैर | kathaira | 1.02 |
| काघेर | kaghera | 1.02 |
| कोथेर | kothera | 1.02 |
| कथेर | kathera | 0.51 |
| Kather in the Hindi language | ||
| कठेर | kathera | 88.89 |
| काठेड़ | kathera | 11.11 |
| Kather in the Arabic language | ||
| كثر | kthr | - |
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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 Kather
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis