The surname Kats
A surname, carried by 1,394 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex K320
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,394 people named Kats in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,482 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,349.
#19,390
rank among US surnames
1,394
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+3.3%
change since 2000 (was #18,781)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #19,390 | Rifkin | 1,394 | 221,482 |
| #19,398 | Zaborowski | 1,393 | 221,641 |
Who is named Kats
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
98% of people named Kats identified as white (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 98%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
- Two or more races 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Kats has the Soundex code K320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K320.
Questions
- How common is the surname Kats?
- 1,394 people in the United States had the surname Kats in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,482 Americans. It ranked 19,390th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kats?
- In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Kats identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Kats getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,394 in 2010, up 3.3%.