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 may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Katesa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katesa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 763,307th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 19,485,417 people. The surname Katesa occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Katesa live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Katesa is also the 1,246,114th most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 62 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 234 people, or 1 in 226,246. In Tanzania it is most common in: Rukwa Region, where 95 percent live, Pwani Region, where 4 percent live and Mtwara Region, where 0 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 28 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.
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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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