Katamba Surname
Approximately 15,245 people bear this surname
Katamba Surname Definition:
Katamba is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: small wave.
Katamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 7,670 | 1:5,090 | 931 |
| DR Congo | 4,460 | 1:16,565 | 2,074 |
| Tanzania | 1,406 | 1:37,654 | 4,348 |
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| Zambia | 378 | 1:41,931 | 4,118 |
| Namibia | 312 | 1:7,722 | 1,489 |
| Nigeria | 304 | 1:582,706 | 28,118 |
| Zimbabwe | 141 | 1:109,491 | 15,099 |
| Kenya | 56 | 1:824,641 | 32,113 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Katamba (664) may also be a first name.
Katamba Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Katamba is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: small wave.
Katamba is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: fishing net.
Katamba Demographics
Average Katamba Salary in
United States
$45,833 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Katamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katamba is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 34,763rd most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 478,029 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Katamba live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 59 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Katamba is also the 322,067th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 664 people.
The last name Katamba is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 7,670 people, or 1 in 5,090. In Uganda Katamba is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 21 percent live, Kampala District, where 14 percent live and Luweero District, where 8 percent live. Other than Uganda Katamba is found in 33 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Tanzania, where 9 percent live.
Katamba Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Katamba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.05% less than the national average, earning R 109,188 per year and in United States they earn 6.22% more than the national average, earning $45,833 USD per year.
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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
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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 Katamba
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