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 surname Katambo is found most in The DR Congo. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Katambo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Katambo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 58,076th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 836,495 people. Katambo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Katambo are found; 45 percent are found in Southern Africa and 45 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 348,378th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 578 people.

It is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 3,024 people, or 1 in 24,431. Barring The DR Congo this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 20 percent live and Malawi, where 14 percent live.

Katambo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Katambo surname is predominantly 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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