Katawara Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Katawara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Katawara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe501:308,76530,783
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Katawara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Katawara is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Katawara? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,661,929th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Katawara live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 308,765. In Zimbabwe Katawara is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 60 percent are found, Harare Province, where 26 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 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 Katawara
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