Katal
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Katal is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of catalytic activity; one mole per second.
- INIndia1 in 11M(measured from records)
- CACanada≈1 in 3.6M
- PKPakistan≈1 in 4.2M
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.
- India (measured from records)
- Sources
- 51 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.6M (inferred from the name graph)
125 people
Highest-authority source
Canada, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of catalytic activity; one mole per second. Symbol: kat.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Katal 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | 125 | 1 in 11M | 125 | Katal | 51 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈56 est. | ≈1 in 4.2M | — | Katal | 8 |
| US United States | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 16M | — | Katal | 11 |
| CA Canada | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 3.6M | — | Katal | 6 |
| ES Spain | 9 | 1 in 5.6M | 9 | — | 5 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 15M | — | Katal | 9 |
125 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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)
Katal 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 Filipino, chill or shivering due to cold, fear or anger
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, katal (derived unit of catalytic activity)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Czech, katal (unit of catalytic activity)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In yog, itch
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 125 | #24,533 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 12 | #85,862 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 9 | #126,713 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 7 | #22,227 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 5 | #15,933 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Katal come from?
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of catalytic activity; one mole per second. Symbol: kat. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What does the name Katal mean?
- Recorded meaning: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of catalytic activity; one mole per second.
- In which country does Katal have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 125 people named Katal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled katal.
- How common is the name Katal?
- In India, the national register counted 125 people named Katal, about 1 in 11 million residents.
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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, “Katal”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.