Katakai Surname
Approximately 2,164 people bear this surname
Katakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2,141 | 1:59,712 | 4,504 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Katakai (25) may also be a first name.
Katakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Katakai occurs more in Japan more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Katakai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 194,204th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,367,628 people. Katakai occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Katakai live; 99 percent live in East Asia and 99 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Katakai is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 25 people.
The last name is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 2,141 people, or 1 in 59,712. In Japan it is primarily found in: Gunma Prefecture, where 51 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 10 percent are found and Saitama Prefecture, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 1 percent are found and Benin, where 0 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 Katakai
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