Kattan Surname
Approximately 13,756 people bear this surname
Kattan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 7,473 | 1:4,129 | 550 |
| Egypt | 2,044 | 1:44,978 | 4,502 |
| Iraq | 1,561 | 1:22,435 | 1,238 |
| United States | 795 | 1:455,923 | 38,976 |
| Honduras | 489 | 1:18,030 | 809 |
| England | 125 | 1:445,744 | 29,621 |
| Chile | 114 | 1:154,530 | 5,235 |
| Canada | 100 | 1:368,456 | 33,054 |
| United Arab Emirates | 95 | 1:96,445 | 8,667 |
| Argentina | 91 | 1:469,708 | 35,035 |
| India | 87 | 1:8,816,843 | 179,063 |
| Brazil | 67 | 1:3,195,139 | 92,032 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Sweden | 44 | 1:223,790 | 15,522 |
| Qatar | 44 | 1:53,591 | 5,826 |
| Syria | 40 | 1:482,526 | 5,205 |
| Ecuador | 40 | 1:397,646 | 9,955 |
| New Zealand | 38 | 1:119,166 | 14,967 |
| El Salvador | 36 | 1:176,219 | 1,982 |
| Israel | 33 | 1:259,322 | 23,464 |
| Jordan | 29 | 1:304,912 | 11,052 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Mexico | 21 | 1:5,910,772 | 31,438 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Turkey | 16 | 1:4,863,839 | 107,230 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Guatemala | 10 | 1:1,608,267 | 5,853 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Kattán (11) & Kattàn (1) are calculated separately.
Kattan (1,987) may also be a first name.
Kattan Demographics
Average Kattan Salary in
United States
$54,085 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kattan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kattan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kattan (Hindi: कत्तान, Marathi: करन, Russian: Каттан) is carried by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kattán or Kattàn. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kattan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 38,258th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 529,772 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Kattan live; 68 percent live in West Asia and 56 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 169,657th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 1,987 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 7,473 people, or 1 in 4,129. Aside from Saudi Arabia it exists in 76 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 15 percent live and Iraq, where 11 percent live.
Kattan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kattan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kattan last name expanded 3,313 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kattan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kattan surname are 3.75% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.98% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kattan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 119.56% more than the national average, earning R 521,760 per year; in United States they earn 25.34% more than the national average, earning $54,085 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.54% more than the national average, earning $56,410 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kattan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kattan in the Marathi language | ||
| करन | karana | - |
| Kattan in the Hindi language | ||
| कत्तान | kattana | 57.14 |
| कट्टन | kattana | 28.57 |
| कत्तन | kattana | 11.9 |
| कटट़न | katatana | 2.38 |
| Kattan in the Russian language | ||
| Каттан | kattan | - |
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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 Kattan
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