Kattenbeck Surname

698,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 422 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kattenbeck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kattenbeck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4111:195,87722,591
Hungary71:1,402,32560,133
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Kattenbeck Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kattenbeck is found most frequently in Germany. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kattenbeck? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kattenbeck is the 698,433rd most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kattenbeck live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 411 people, or 1 in 195,877. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 73 percent reside, Bavaria, where 20 percent reside and Bremen, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 2 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kassenbeck807/
Kanbek7543/
Kambeck71355/
Khanbek717/
Kaynbek711/
Kanbick710/
Castenbäck707/
Quanbeck67290/
Kasembek6710/
Kauynbek671/
Kasynbek671/
Khanbeik671/
Kasinbek671/
Kheynbek671/

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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 Kattenbeck
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