Kataj Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Kataj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 40 | 1:105,715 | 16,512 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Kataj (17) may also be a first name.
Kataj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kataj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kataj (Arabic: كاتاج) occurs in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kataj? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,795,579th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 41 percent of Kataj reside; 38 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 38 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name globally It is held by 17 people.
Kataj is most numerous in Croatia, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 105,715. In Croatia it is mostly found in: Vukovar-Srijem County, where 53 percent live, Osijek-Baranja County, where 25 percent live and Brod-Posavina County, where 15 percent live. Other than Croatia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kataj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kataj in the Arabic language | ||
| كاتاج | kataj | - |
| كتاج | ktaj | - |
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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 Kataj
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