The Catherine surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 350 people carried this name — #58,042 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 10% from 387 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,118 people named Catherine.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 56 départements, most often Calvados.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 142 people named Catherine live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Catherine,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Catherine d. 1909 · photographer
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Georges Catherine 1872–1958 · violinist
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Anne Catherine 1874–1958 · photographer
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Colette Marin-Catherine 1929– · French resistance fighter
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Philip Catherine 1942– · composer
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Norman Catherine 1949– · artist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Catherine.
- Catania 3,412 · U.S. census
- Catanzano 189 · U.S. census
- Catanzaro 2,851 · U.S. census
- Catarino 689 · U.S. census
- Cate 4,987 · U.S. census
- Catella 132 · U.S. census
- Cato 8,298 · U.S. census
- Catoire 225 · U.S. census
- Caton 5,467 · U.S. census
- Catoni 115 · U.S. census
- Cator 301 · U.S. census
- Cattan 207 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Catherine is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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