Kataps Surname

1,108,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kataps Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kataps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2181:812,58136,138
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kataps Last Name Facts

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

Kataps is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kataps.

How Common Is The Last Name Kataps? popularity and diffusion

Kataps is the 1,108,016th most prevalent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. The last name Kataps occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kataps reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 218 people, or 1 in 812,581. In Nigeria Kataps is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 88 percent live, Adamawa, where 6 percent live and Borno, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 percent live and Uganda, 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 Kataps
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