Kathama Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Kathama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 88 | 1:524,772 | 26,127 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kathama (89) may also be a first name.
Kathama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kathama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kathama occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kathama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kathama is the 1,955,159th most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kathama reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most prevalent given name on earth, held by 89 people.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 524,772. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kitui County, where 53 percent are found, Kirinyaga County, where 40 percent are found and Meru County, where 5 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent are found and Malawi, 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 Kathama
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