Katahena Surname

439,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 779 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Katahena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Katahena 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
Ghana7621:35,4604,134
England131:4,286,005132,302
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Katahena Last Name Facts

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

The surname Katahena occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Katahena? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 439,664th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 9,355,001 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Katahena reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Ghana, where it is borne by 762 people, or 1 in 35,460. Not including Ghana Katahena is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 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
Kataena931/
Catahena881/
Kotahena881/
Katahinga8210/
Khataeni751/
Catahinas712/
Katõhhina711/
Kotoena671/
Cattaeno632/
Katõgina631/
Kotoene531/
Katouine501/
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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 Katahena
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