Kaćer

surname · Latin script

Kaćer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Czech Kačer, from kačer (“drake”), or from Slovak Káčer, from káčer (“drake”).

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 25K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 192K
  • SKSlovakia1 in 272K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kaćer 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.

India (measured from records)

611 named Kacher

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
15 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 25K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

KaćerLatin(measured from records)
КачерCyrillic(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kacer in US United States and Kačer in HR Croatia.

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)

Derivation of Kaćer: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Kaćer
  1. CzechKačer(measured from records)
  2. Czech rootkačer“drake”(measured from records)
  3. SlovakKáčer(measured from records)
  4. Slovak rootkáčer“drake”(measured from records)

From Czech Kačer, from kačer (“drake”), or from Slovak Káčer, from káčer (“drake”).

Sources 2

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kaćer 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 Kaćer is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India611as Kacher1 in 2.2M611—1
CZ Czechia4221 in 25K422——
US United States2821 in 1.2M367Kacer9
PL Poland981 in 391K50——
HR Croatia221 in 192K24Kačer15
SK Slovakia201 in 272K20——

611 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; MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Kaćer under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kaćer mean, and where does it come from?
From Czech Kačer, from kačer (“drake”), or from Slovak Káčer, from káčer (“drake”). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
In which country does Kaćer have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 611 people named Kacher, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Kaćer most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kaćer is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 25 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Kaćer?
In Czechia, the national register counted 422 people named Kaćer, about 1 in 25 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, “Kaćer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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