Katakwala Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Katakwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
Katakwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katakwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Katakwala is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katakwala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 839,220th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Katakwala are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Katakwala is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Without taking into account Malawi Katakwala is found in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 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 Katakwala
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