Kacher

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Kacher is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: nickname for someone with a loud laugh, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kachen ‘to laugh’.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 2.2M(measured from records)
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 62K
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 234K

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.

Algeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈690 people, est.

Sources
40 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 62K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

nickname for someone with a loud laugh, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kachen ‘to laugh’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kacher 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.

Where Kacher is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DZ Algeria≈690 est.≈1 in 62KlistedKacher8
IN India6111 in 2.2M611Kacher40
FR France≈280 est.≈1 in 239K39—1
US United States2741 in 1.2M291Kacher10
GB United Kingdom≈42 est.≈1 in 1.6M9—2
AE United Arab Emirates≈19 est.≈1 in 529K—Kacher5
EE Estonia≈5 est.≈1 in 234Klisted——

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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the dz-kaggle-names register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kacher is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Kaecher, Kächer, Kachér

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Algeria, United States, Canada

    Also written Kachér

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Kyrgyzstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Качер

  • Bangla surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, Malaysia

    Also written কাঁচের, কাচের, Kachher, কাচেঁর, কাছের

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kacher is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, ornamental name from Yiddish katsher ‘drake’. Compare Kacer.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In German, Americanized spelling of Kacer, Kachur, or Kaczor.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

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)

19201940196019802000Hermann Kacher, b. 1923Fred Kacher, b. 1968Artyom Kacher, b. 1988Mastanabal Kacher, b. 1995Chris Kacher, b. 2000

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Kacher
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—810#1,082
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—611#7,937
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020291#72,089
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—289#12,568
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000287#64,750
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010274#71,265
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—51#8,813
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199139—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196125—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197120—
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)20029#154,387

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

What does the name Kacher mean, and where does it come from?
nickname for someone with a loud laugh, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kachen ‘to laugh’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Kacher have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 694 people named Kacher in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kacher.
How common is the name Kacher?
In India, the national register counted 611 people named Kacher, about 1 in 2.2 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kacher”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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