Kateng Surname
Approximately 859 people bear this surname
Kateng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 616 | 1:119,934 | 13,059 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92 | 1:88,627 | 11,768 |
| Thailand | 67 | 1:1,054,304 | 158,943 |
| Indonesia | 66 | 1:2,003,776 | 125,554 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Kateng (523) may also be a first name.
Kateng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kateng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kateng (Bengali: কাতেং, Marathi: काटग) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kateng.
How Common Is The Last Name Kateng? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 407,382nd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,483,755 people. The surname Kateng is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Kateng reside; 72 percent reside in Central Africa and 72 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kateng is also the 369,131st most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 523 people.
It is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 616 people, or 1 in 119,934. Apart from The DR Congo this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside and Thailand, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kateng Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kateng in the Marathi language | ||
| काटग | kataga | - |
| Kateng in the Bengali language | ||
| কাতেং | katem | 50 |
| কতেং | katem | 50 |
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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 Kateng
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