Katapula Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Katapula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Katapula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1961:80,8676,857
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Katapula Last Name Facts

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

Katapula is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Katapula? popularity and diffusion

Katapula is the 1,194,481st most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Katapula live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 196 people, or 1 in 80,867. In Zambia Katapula is primarily concentrated in: Muchinga Province, where 24 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 24 percent are found and Luapula Province, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Zambia Katapula occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Katapula
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