Katsaros

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from a nickname meaning ‘curly-haired’, ultimately from akantheros ‘thorny’

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

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

Katsaros is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GRGreece≈1 in 48Kas Katsarou(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 590K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.4M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Katsaros itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

564 people, 2010

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
99 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 590K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

KatsarosLatin(measured from records)
ΚατσαροςGreek(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Κατσαρος in GR Greece and Katsarou in DE Germany.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from a nickname meaning ‘curly-haired’, ultimately from akantheros ‘thorny’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Katsaros 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 Katsaros is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—5641 in 590K564Katsaros99
GR Greece#520≈220 est.≈1 in 48K26Κατσαρος75
DE Germany—≈40 est.≈1 in 2M—Katsarou27
GB United Kingdom—≈20 est.≈1 in 3.3M—Katsaros29
CY Cyprus—≈15 est.≈1 in 84K—Katsaros14
CH Switzerland—61 in 1.4M6—4
DK Denmark—41 in 1.5M4——

564 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); 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)

Katsaros is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Katsarós

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Palestine, United States, United Arab Emirates

    Also written Katsarôş

31 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)

1850190019502000Lampros Katsaros, b. 1877George Katsaros, b. 1888Michalis Katsaros, b. 1919Giorgos Katsaros, b. 1934Andonia Katsaros, b. 1945Christos Katsaros, b. 1962Philip Katsaros, b. 1979

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)

FormalDear Katsaros,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Katsaros
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010564#39,052
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000510#40,397
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020494#46,481
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20246#89,778
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—4#70,003
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

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 Katsaros mean, and where does it come from?
from a nickname meaning ‘curly-haired’, ultimately from akantheros ‘thorny’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Katsaros?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkætsɝoʊz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Katsaros have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 564 people named Katsaros, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled katsaros.
Where is Katsaros most common?
Katsaros is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 590 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Katsaros?
In the United States, the national register counted 564 people named Katsaros in 2010, about 1 in 590 thousand residents.
How common is Katsaros compared with other names?
In Greece, Katsaros is the 520th most common surname of 112,415 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Katsaros” — the 520th most common surname in Greece. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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