How common is the surname Cater?

3,926 people in the United States had the surname Cater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,641 Americans. It ranked 8,419th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cater?

John Cater, British actor (1932-2009).

Where is the surname Cater most common?

Wikidata records people named Cater in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Cater getting more or less common?

More common. 3,759 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,926 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Cater

An occupational surname, carried by 3,926 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cater is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Occupational surname, from cater, obsolete form of caterer.

Cater is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,926 people named Cater in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,641 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,759.

#8,419

rank among US surnames

3,926

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,124)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,414	McKinzie	3,929	78,581
#8,415	Kalman	3,927	78,621
#8,419	Zamorano	3,926	78,641
#8,422	Stallard	3,925	78,661
#8,423	Braley	3,924	78,681
#8,425	Lair	3,923	78,701
#8,427	Hagood	3,922	78,721

Who is named Cater

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

76% of people named Cater identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Caters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Cater
British actor (1932-2009)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Cator

Surnames that sound like Cater

Cater has the Soundex code C360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C360.

Questions

Where does the surname Cater come from?: Occupational surname, from cater, obsolete form of caterer.
How common is the surname Cater?: 3,926 people in the United States had the surname Cater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,641 Americans. It ranked 8,419th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cater?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Cater identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cater?: John Cater, British actor (1932-2009).
Where is the surname Cater most common?: Wikidata records people named Cater in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Cater?: Cater is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Cater getting more or less common?: More common. 3,759 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,926 in 2010, up 4.4%.
What are other spellings of Cater?: Cator.