Kataga Surname
Approximately 1,214 people bear this surname
Kataga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,080 | 1:49,020 | 5,472 |
| Greece | 108 | 1:102,591 | 17,261 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Kataga (24) may also be a first name.
Kataga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kataga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kataga occurs most in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kataga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 310,357th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,002,921 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Kataga are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 24 people.
The surname Kataga is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,080 people, or 1 in 49,020. In Tanzania Kataga is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 75 percent live, Tabora Region, where 14 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 9 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kataga
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