Katambo Surname

58,076th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,712 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Namibia

Katambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Katambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3,0241:24,4313,074
Zambia1,7311:9,1571,076
Malawi1,2021:14,2422,234
Kenya9331:49,4965,049
Namibia8191:2,942480
Tanzania7891:67,1007,079
Zimbabwe1261:122,52616,470
Indonesia431:3,075,563171,061
Niger191:1,010,10622,252
England81:6,964,757184,742
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Katambo (578) may also be a first name.

Katambo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Katambo is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Katambo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Katambo is the 58,076th most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 836,495 people. The last name Katambo is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Katambo reside; 45 percent reside in Southern Africa and 45 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Katambo is also the 348,378th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 578 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 3,024 people, or 1 in 24,431. Beside The DR Congo Katambo is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 20 percent are found and Malawi, where 14 percent are found.

Katambo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (79%) in Kenya.

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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 Katambo
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