Katakwe Surname

304,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Katakwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Katakwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia6501:24,3842,607
Malawi2881:59,4418,056
DR Congo2671:276,70325,802
Zimbabwe311:498,00841,116
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Katakwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Katakwe is most common in Zambia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Katakwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 304,156th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,848,753 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Katakwe are found; 78 percent are found in Southern Africa and 78 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 650 people, or 1 in 24,384. In Zambia Katakwe is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 47 percent are found, Luapula Province, where 18 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Zambia Katakwe occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 23 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Katankwe934/
Kataikwe931/
Katakw921/
Katokwe86814/
Katakwa86503/
Katekwe86238/
Katakue86113/
Kathagwe801/
Kgatokwe801/
Kaitagwe801/
Katankue801/
Katagwa71153/
Katague71148/
Kotokwe71105/
Katokwa7142/
Katokue7121/
Kataque713/
Katagbe711/
Kategwe711/
Katookwa675/
Katangue673/
Kataigwa671/
Katonkue671/
Katanque671/

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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 Katakwe
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