Kateza Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Kateza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kateza (26) may also be a first name.
Kateza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kateza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kateza is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kateza click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kateza? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,067,497th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kateza reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 26 people.
The last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Outside of Malawi Kateza is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 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 Kateza
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