Kathryn Surname

383,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 927 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Kathryn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kathryn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4991:726,37157,071
Australia1621:166,64017,199
New Zealand1431:31,6675,500
England371:1,505,89364,828
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Singapore131:423,66918,211
India81:95,883,173728,828
Wales51:618,90625,852
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
China21:683,660,78330,601
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Guernsey11:64,4392,137

Kathryn (519,894) may also be a first name.

Kathryn Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kathryn Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kathryn occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kathryn? popularity and diffusion

It is the 383,720th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,861,430 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Kathryn reside; 53 percent reside in North America and 52 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Kathryn is also the 1,942nd most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 519,894 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 499 people, or 1 in 726,371. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 11 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and New York, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 17 percent live and New Zealand, where 15 percent live.

Kathryn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kathryn last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Kathryn earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2% less than the national average, earning $42,286 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Kathryn
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