Katfa Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Katfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
Katfa (17) may also be a first name.
Katfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Katfa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katfa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,828,462nd most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Katfa reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 17 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria Katfa is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 56 percent are found, Bauchi, where 42 percent are found and Enugu, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Katfa occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 1 percent are found and Kuwait, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Katfa
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