Kateye Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Kateye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Kateye (23) may also be a first name.
Kateye Demographics
Kateye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kateye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kateye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kateye is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kateye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 899,940th most common surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. The last name Kateye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kateye live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous given name internationally. It is borne by 23 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Other than Ghana this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 3 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Kateye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kateye
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