Katanku Surname
Approximately 1,779 people bear this surname
Katanku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,690 | 1:43,716 | 5,321 |
| Uganda | 80 | 1:487,991 | 28,240 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Katanku (151) may also be a first name.
Katanku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katanku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katanku is most common in The DR Congo. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katanku? popularity and diffusion
Katanku is the 227,923rd most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,096,428 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Katanku live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 749,223rd most frequently used forename at a global level. It is borne by 151 people.
This last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,690 people, or 1 in 43,716. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Katanku
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