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
Kather (Arabic: كثر, Hindi: कठेर, Marathi: काथेर) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Käther. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kather? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 147,032nd most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,418,701 people. Kather occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Kather live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Germanic Europe. Kather is also the 207,787th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 1,413 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 1,473 people, or 1 in 54,654. In Germany Kather is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 48 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent reside and Berlin, where 10 percent reside. Other than Germany Kather occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in India, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Kather Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kather has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kather last name 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 carrying the surname is predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic (90%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Kather last name are 8.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.29% registered with 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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Kather 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 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