Katefu Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Katefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 191 | 1:277,181 | 21,789 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Katefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Katefu is most common in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Katefu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 948,111th most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Katefu live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 277,181. In Tanzania Katefu is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 79 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 17 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 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
- 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 Katefu
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