Katherine Surname
Approximately 2,112 people bear this surname
Katherine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 759 | 1:477,548 | 40,495 |
| Indonesia | 547 | 1:241,772 | 22,221 |
| Australia | 150 | 1:179,971 | 18,195 |
| Dominican Republic | 85 | 1:122,740 | 5,063 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| New Zealand | 66 | 1:68,611 | 10,369 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Brazil | 48 | 1:4,459,882 | 118,224 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| China | 33 | 1:41,433,987 | 2,228 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Katherine (809,349) may also be a first name.
Katherine Demographics
Average Katherine Salary in
United States
$38,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Katherine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katherine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Katherine (Marathi: कॅथरीन) occurs most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Katherine? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 198,086th most common family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,450,543 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Katherine are found; 35 percent are found in North America and 34 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Katherine is also the 1,159th most common given name world-wide, borne by 809,349 people.
Katherine is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 759 people, or 1 in 477,548. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 11 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and New York, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States Katherine exists in 64 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 26 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.
Katherine Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Katherine has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Katherine surname increased 12,650 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Katherine Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Katherine last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Katherine surname are 0.73% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.5% registered with the political party.
The amount Katherine earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $38,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.45% less than the national average, earning $47,471 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Katherine Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Katherine in the Marathi language | ||
| कॅथरीन | ketharina | 85.71 |
| कॅथेरीने | ketherine | 14.29 |
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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 Katherine
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