Kataana Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kataana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kataana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kataana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kataana is found most in Uganda. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kataana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kataana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kataana is the 6,063,924th most common family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Kataana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Kataana reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 4,879,910. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Wakiso District, where 25 percent are found, Kayunga District, where 13 percent are found and Kyankwanzi District, where 13 percent are found. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent are found and Zambia, where 10 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kataana
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