Kateya Surname
Approximately 2,323 people bear this surname
Kateya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,130 | 1:14,026 | 1,607 |
| DR Congo | 513 | 1:144,015 | 15,172 |
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| Namibia | 126 | 1:19,122 | 3,380 |
| Zimbabwe | 107 | 1:144,283 | 18,537 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kateya (152) may also be a first name.
Kateya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kateya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kateya (Hindi: कटेया, Oriya: କେଟୟା, Russian: Катея) is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kateya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kateya is the 182,870th most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,137,127 people. The surname Kateya occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kateya are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kateya is also the 746,252nd most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 152 people.
Kateya is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,130 people, or 1 in 14,026. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Central Province, where 48 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Zambia it exists in 15 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Malawi, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kateya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kateya in the Hindi language | ||
| कटेया | kateya | - |
| Kateya in the Oriya language | ||
| କେଟୟା | ketaya | 37.5 |
| କାେଟୟା | kaetaya | 37.5 |
| କେତୟା | ketaya | 25 |
| Kateya in the Russian language | ||
| Катея | katea | - |
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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 Kateya
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