ten Cate Surname

157,657th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,774 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

ten Cate Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), at the Bridge or Wharf post.

ten Cate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2,4441:6,910794
South Africa1321:410,43735,867
Brazil761:2,816,76883,410
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
United States181:20,136,607622,629
England181:3,095,448105,421
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Suriname41:138,1547,029
France31:22,140,907385,998
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

ten Cate Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), at the Bridge or Wharf post.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

ten Cate Last Name Facts

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

ten Cate is found most in The Netherlands. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name ten Cate? popularity and diffusion

It is the 157,657th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,627,089 people. ten Cate is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of ten Cate are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name ten Cate is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 2,444 people, or 1 in 6,910. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Overijssel, where 20 percent live, North Holland, where 16 percent live and South Holland, where 14 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this surname occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

ten Cate Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of ten Cate has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the ten Cate surname increased 120 percent between 1880 and 2014.

ten Cate Last Name Statistics demography

The amount ten Cate earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 97.43% more than the national average, earning R 469,164 per year and in Canada they earn 41.48% more than the national average, earning $70,290 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
ten Cater941/
ten Chate941/
ten Kate881,631/
ten Caat88474/
Ten-Cate889/
ten Cote880/
ten Kaate8239/
ten Caath821/
ten Kaat752/
Ten-Kate751/

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