Katus
surname · Latin script
Meaning: möglicherweise aus dem Rufnamen Katharina; etymologisch unklar, 12 Belege
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/kɑtəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Katus is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country.
- EEEstonia≈1 in 88K(inferred from the name graph)
- PLPoland1 in 177K
- IEIreland≈1 in 461K
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.
- Poland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 82 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 88K (inferred from the name graph)
216 people, 2026
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
möglicherweise aus dem Rufnamen Katharina; etymologisch unklar, 12 Belege
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Katus 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | 216 | 1 in 177K | 109 | — | — |
| US United States | 104 | 1 in 3.2M | 123 | Katus | 82 |
| DE Germany | ≈45 est. | ≈1 in 1.8M | — | Katus | 24 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 7M | — | Katus | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 2.8M | — | Katus | 21 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 2M | — | Katus | 8 |
| EE Estonia | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 88K | 11 | — | 4 |
| IE Ireland | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 461K | — | Katus | 5 |
216 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. 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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). 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)
Katus is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In vo, predicative plural of kat
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In cel-pro, battle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Estonian, roof
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- László Katusb. 1927HUHungarian philosopher and historian (1927-2015)
- Tom Katusb. 1940USAmerican politician
- Ryszard Katusb. 1947PLPolish Decathlete and Hurdler
- Hugo A. Katusb. 1951DEresearcher
- Kalev Katusb. 1955EEEstonian demographer (1955-2008)
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 123 | #127,948 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 109 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 109 | #150,205 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 109 | #27,560 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 107 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 107 | #28,340 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 104 | #156,044 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 11 | #10,113 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 7 | #13,677 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Katus?
- A machine transcription gives /kɑtəs/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Katus mean?
- Recorded meaning: möglicherweise aus dem Rufnamen Katharina; etymologisch unklar, 12 Belege
- In which country does Katus have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 216 people named Katus, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Katus?
- In Poland, the national register counted 216 people named Katus in 2026, about 1 in 177 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/katusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Katus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.