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
The last name Kathama is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kathama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,955,159th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name Kathama occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kathama live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kathama is also the 1,011,231st most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 89 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 524,772. In Kenya Kathama is most prevalent in: Kitui County, where 53 percent are found, Kirinyaga County, where 40 percent are found and Meru County, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Kathama is found in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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