Katt
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 1. from a Germanic personal name, Katt, of obscure origin
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkæt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Katt is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 383K(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 133K
- EEEstonia≈1 in 140K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 224 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 133K (inferred from the name graph)
868 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1. from a Germanic personal name, Katt, of obscure origin. 2. from Middle Low German katte ‘cat’, Middle Dutch catte, hence a nickname conferred with reference to some attribute of the animal, such as independence or light-footedness.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Katt counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 868 | 1 in 383K | 908 | Katt | 224 |
| DE Germany | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 133K | — | Katt | 55 |
| CA Canada | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 352K | — | Katt | 43 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈91 est. | ≈1 in 618K | — | Katt | 5 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈88 est. | ≈1 in 749K | — | Katt | 51 |
| SE Sweden | ≈45 est. | ≈1 in 227K | 15 | Katt | 8 |
| AT Austria | ≈41 est. | ≈1 in 219K | — | Katt | 16 |
| SG Singapore | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 301K | — | Katt | 6 |
| EE Estonia | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 140K | 10 | — | 3 |
868 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Katt is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In nds (Germany), cat (Felis catus)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Estonian, calculus, sordes
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In liv, to cover
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, a cat
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ray Kattb. 1927USAmerican baseball player and coach (1927–1999)
- Latika Kattb. 1948INIndian sculptor (1948–2025)
- William Kattb. 1951USAmerican actor and musician (born 1951)
- Uwe Kattb. 1968DEGerman badminton player
- Nicky Kattb. 1970MXAmerican-Mexican actor (1970–2025)
- Carmen Kattb. 1975DEGerman voice actress
- Stephan Kattb. 1979DEGerman motorcycle Grasstrack, Longtrack and speedway rider
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 15 | #28,553 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Katt come from?
- 1. from a Germanic personal name, Katt, of obscure origin. 2. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Katt?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkæt/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Katt mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. from a Germanic personal name, Katt, of obscure origin.
- In which country does Katt have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 868 people named Katt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled katt.
- How common is the name Katt?
- In the United States, the national register counted 868 people named Katt in 2010, about 1 in 383 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Katt?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kattThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Katt”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.