Katayoun

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kɑtəjawn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Katayoun is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Angola than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 836K(measured from records)
  • AOAngola≈1 in 70K
  • SESweden1 in 204K

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.

Angola (inferred from the name graph)

≈460 people, est.

Sources
122 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 70K (inferred from the name graph)

Angola, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Katayoun 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 Katayoun is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AO Angola≈460 est.≈1 in 70K—Katayoun1
US United States3981 in 836K397Katayoun122
IR Iran≈170 est.≈1 in 509K—Katayoun28
GB United Kingdom≈110 est.≈1 in 612K—Katayoun40
CA Canada≈86 est.≈1 in 438K—Katayoun27
SE Sweden501 in 204K50Katayoun10
AT Austria≈43 est.≈1 in 207K—Katayoun12
DK Denmark141 in 419K14——

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)

Katayoun is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, El Salvador, Iran

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Katâyoun

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Katayoun Amirebrahimi, b. 1939Katayun Mazdapour, b. 1943Katayoun Riahi, b. 1961Katayoon Shahabi, b. 1968Katayun Pracher-Hilander, b. 1971Katayoun Khosrowyar, b. 1987

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Katayoun,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Katayoun
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020397#24,274
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—50#13,665
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201846—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201746—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201646—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201346—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201246—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201944—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201544—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201444—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201144—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200144—

Reference works 1

  • 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

How do you pronounce Katayoun?
A machine transcription gives /kɑtəjawn/ (IPA) for English.
Is Katayoun a male or female name?
Katayoun is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Katayoun have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 462 people named Katayoun in Angola, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled katayoun.
How common is the name Katayoun?
In the United States, the national register counted 398 people named Katayoun in 2020, about 1 in 836 thousand 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, “Katayoun”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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