Katheka Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Katheka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
Katheka (10) may also be a first name.
Katheka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katheka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Katheka occurs most in Malawi. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Katheka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katheka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,202,518th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. The last name Katheka is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Katheka reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 10 people.
The last name Katheka is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Excluding Malawi this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 31 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 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 Katheka
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