Katapi Surname

758,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Katapi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Katapi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1411:109,49115,099
Indonesia1181:1,120,75680,521
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
India261:29,502,515369,827
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Katapi (319) may also be a first name.

Katapi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Katapi (Arabic: كتابي, Oriya: କାତପି) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Katapi.

How Common Is The Last Name Katapi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 758,524th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. The last name Katapi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Katapi live; 38 percent live in Southern Africa and 38 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Katapi is also the 491,536th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 319 people.

It is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 109,491. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 40 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 28 percent live and Midlands Province, where 16 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe Katapi occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 31 percent live and The DR Congo, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kataipi9224/
Katapai9213/
Kathapi9210/
Katahpi921/
Khathapi861/
Katapa832,127/
Katape83355/
Katopi83159/
Catapi8325/
Katepi8319/
Ketapi8311/
Kotapi831/
Khatape77247/
Katappa7748/
Katapea7722/
Kotapiš7713/
Kottapi7711/
Kothapi7710/
Kaitape774/
Kathapa773/
Katopyi771/
Catapie771/
Kaitapa771/
Katahpa771/
Katapay771/
Khatapa771/
Kathape771/
Kotapish7181/
Kattappa7116/
Ckatapea713/
Khattapy711/
Kadtapha711/
Koetaphi711/
Kataaipa711/
Khathape711/
Kahatape711/
Kathappa711/
Kotapich710/
Katope67521/
Katopa67303/
Catape67192/
Katepe67160/
Khattapha6782/
Kotape6746/
Catapa6743/
Kotopi6718/
Ketape676/
Kotapa675/
Kotepi673/
Katopé673/
Ketepi673/
Khatapych671/

Katapi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Katapi in the Oriya language
କାତପିkatapi-
Katapi in the Arabic language
كتابيktaby-

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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
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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 Katapi
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