Kathawe Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Kathawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 194 | 1:238,041 | 16,587 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kathawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kathawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kathawe (Marathi: काठवे) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kathawe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,189,614th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. The last name Kathawe is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kathawe are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Kathawe is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 194 people, or 1 in 238,041. In Kenya Kathawe is most frequent in: Meru County, where 97 percent are found, Kirinyaga County, where 2 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 2 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kathawe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kathawe in the Marathi language | ||
| काठवे | kathave | - |
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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 Kathawe
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