Katanekwa Surname
Approximately 919 people bear this surname
Katanekwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 917 | 1:17,285 | 1,935 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Katanekwa (535) may also be a first name.
Katanekwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katanekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katanekwa is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katanekwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 386,348th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 7,929,865 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Katanekwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Katanekwa is also the 364,566th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 535 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 917 people, or 1 in 17,285. In Zambia it is most common in: Western Province, where 67 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 9 percent reside and Southern Province, where 9 percent reside. Other than Zambia it exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Katanekwa
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