Cat Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cat Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cat family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1
Literman Mate 1
Coal Miner 1
Wife Of Sorter At Post Office 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cat

Name Census Frequency
George Cat 10
Thomas Cat 10
Sarah Cat 9
William Cat 9
John Cat 8
Mary Cat 7
James Cat 6
Elizabeth Cat 5
Charles Cat 4
Eliza Cat 4
Alfred Cat 3
Edward Cat 3
Ellen Cat 3
Fanny Cat 3
Henry Cat 3
Jane Cat 3
Agnes Cat 2
Alice Cat 2
Amelia Cat 2
Annie Cat 2
Caroline Cat 2
Emma Cat 2
Florence Cat 2
Hannah Cat 2
Lewis Cat 2

Cat Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Coote 40% 9,790
2 Catt 75% 8,729
3 Cato 75% 1,922
4 Cate 75% 1,916
5 Cot 67% 1,825
6 Coate 60% 1,759
7 Coot 50% 1,133
8 Coat 75% 667
9 Cote 50% 569
10 Caute 60% 546
11 Caut 75% 237
12 Eacot 40% 203
13 Katt 50% 163
14 Cat 100% 150
15 Coet 50% 133
16 Coute 40% 122

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The surname Cat is the 14th most popular variant of Coote.

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