Katalemwa Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Katalemwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Katalemwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3551:109,97010,758
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Katalemwa (11) may also be a first name.

Katalemwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Katalemwa is most common in Uganda. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Katalemwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Katalemwa is the 786,896th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. The last name Katalemwa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Katalemwa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name internationally, borne by 11 people.

Katalemwa is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 355 people, or 1 in 109,970. In Uganda Katalemwa is primarily concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 20 percent are found, Kampala District, where 18 percent are found and Rakai District, where 8 percent are found. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, 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
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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 Katalemwa
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