Katagya Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Katagya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Katagya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda391:1,001,00743,411
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Katagya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Katagya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Katagya (Hindi: कताज्ञा) is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Katagya? popularity and diffusion

Katagya is the 3,017,195th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Katagya reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Katagya is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 1,001,007. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Kamuli District, where 90 percent reside, Buyende District, where 3 percent reside and Gomba District, where 3 percent reside. Beside Uganda it occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kathagya931/
Kataagya931/
Katadia7110/
Katadja716/
Kotadya714/
Khatadia6734/
Kottadya671/
Kotadia571,203/
Katadjo57131/
Katodia572/
Kotadja571/
Catadia571/
Khatodia5324/
Castadia537/
Kotadias533/
Kattadjo531/
Khatadeo531/
Kattadeo531/
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Katagya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Katagya in the Hindi language
कताज्ञाkatajna33.33
कतज्ञkatajna33.33
काताज्ञाkatajna33.33

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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
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  • 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 Katagya
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