The CATT surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	2,096	13341	0.001	8
United States (1880 census)	433	10838	0.001	9
Change since 1880	+1663	-2503	0	-1
Other Countries
Australia	442	3594	0.003	27
United Kingdom	1,216	4460	0.003	26

Top States for CATT by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Indiana	521	1656	0.009	86
Illinois	192	7770	0.002	15
Arkansas	116	3276	0.004	43
California	108	23969	0.000	3
Mississippi	100	3536	0.004	35
Top States for CATT by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Indiana	521	1656	0.009	86
Arkansas	116	3276	0.004	43
Mississippi	100	3536	0.004	35
Idaho	34	6050	0.003	26
Montana	20	8188	0.002	22

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of CATT

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 CATT 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 CATT 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 CATT in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	72	3.44
White (Hispanic)	40	1.91
Mixed Race	35	1.67
Native American/Alaskan	22	1.05
Asian/Pacific	11	0.52
White (Caucasian)	1,916	91.41

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

Meaning of CATT in historical publications

CATT. From the animal— like Lion, Bear, Wolf, &c. The fiimily are probably of Norman origin, and the name was written Le Chat. Ilbert de Chaz, whose tombstone is at Lacock Abbey, came from Chaz or Cats in tlieneigbourhoodofBohun. A family of Le Cat were lords of Berreuil, near Goumay, in the XV. cent. The records of Norfolk show that the name of Le Chat, Le Cat, or Catt, existed at or about Heveningham from temp. King John till the XV. cent. The Ketts of Wymondham are said to have been a branch of the family. See Pedigree, &c., in Records of House of Gournay. There was also an ancient Teutonic personal name, Cato or Cat, whence perhaps the local names Cat€by, Catton, Catcott, kc. An old family in Kent Avrote themselves De Cat, implying a local origin. Philipotfs Vill. Cant. 75.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to CATT

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CATT.

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.