Katetema Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Katetema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Katetema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Katetema Last Name Facts

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

Katetema occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Katetema? popularity and diffusion

The last name Katetema is the 1,491,356th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Katetema live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Without taking into account Malawi this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 6 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 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
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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 Katetema
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