Kateula Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Kateula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 119 | 1:444,888 | 31,116 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Zambia | 25 | 1:633,997 | 25,256 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kateula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kateula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kateula is most common in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kateula? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kateula is the 1,272,314th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kateula live; 66 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 444,888. In Tanzania Kateula is mostly found in: Ruvuma Region, where 99 percent reside and Mtwara Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Zambia, where 14 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 Kateula
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