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The CATE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 4,845 6463 0.002 18
United States (1880 census) 1,928 3066 0.004 39
Change since 1880 +2917 -3397 -0.002 -21
Other Countries
Australia 80 17382 0 5
United Kingdom 70 25203 0 2
Top States for CATE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Tennessee 918 944 0.016 161
Texas 529 4095 0.003 25
California 444 6215 0.001 13
New Hampshire 234 799 0.019 189
Florida 221 8460 0.001 14
Top States for CATE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Hampshire 234 799 0.019 189
Tennessee 918 944 0.016 161
Arkansas 212 1682 0.008 79
Vermont 39 2576 0.006 64
Oregon 198 2142 0.006 58

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CATE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CATE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CATE in Tennessee than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CATE by picking someone at random in New Hampshire than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CATE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CATE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CATE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CATE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Asian/Pacific 104 2.15
Native American/Alaskan 81 1.67
White (Hispanic) 71 1.47
Mixed Race 64 1.32
Black/African American 32 0.66
White (Caucasian) 4,493 92.73

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CATE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CATE in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of CATE.

Similar names to CATE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CATE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CATE

The following words are slight variants of CATE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.