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 surname Kateye occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kateye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kateye is the 899,940th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kateye are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kateye is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 23 people.
Kateye is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Barring Ghana this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 3 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Kateye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly 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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