Katesa Surname
Approximately 374 people bear this surname
Katesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 234 | 1:226,246 | 18,784 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Katesa (62) may also be a first name.
Katesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Katesa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Katesa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 763,307th most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 19,485,417 people. The last name Katesa is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Katesa are found; 68 percent are found in East Africa and 68 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Katesa is also the 1,246,114th most prevalent given name world-wide, held by 62 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 234 people, or 1 in 226,246. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 95 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 4 percent reside and Mtwara Region, where 0 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Katesa is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 28 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Katesa
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