Katatu Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Katatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Katatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
India121:63,922,115578,870
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Katatu (1,840) may also be a first name.

Katatu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Katatu (Hindi: कटटु, Marathi: कटटू) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Katatu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Katatu is the 1,589,322nd most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Katatu are found; 85 percent are found in Central Africa and 85 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 177,820th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 1,840 people.

Katatu is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 9 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.

Katatu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Katatu surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Katatu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Katatu in the Marathi language
कटटूkatatu94.74
काततुkatatu5.26
Katatu in the Hindi language
कटटुkatatu80
कटटूkatatu20

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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 Katatu
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