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 last name Kateya (Hindi: कटेया, Oriya: କେଟୟା, Russian: Катея) is found most frequently in Zambia. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kateya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 182,870th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,137,127 people. Kateya occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 746,252nd most common first name in the world It is held by 152 people.
The last name Kateya is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,130 people, or 1 in 14,026. In Zambia Kateya is primarily found in: Central Province, where 48 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent are found. Other than Zambia this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and Malawi, where 18 percent are found.
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
- 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 Kateya
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