Katiwa Surname
Approximately 3,269 people bear this surname
Katiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,970 | 1:15,549 | 1,865 |
| Papua New Guinea | 109 | 1:74,805 | 9,807 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Katiwa (1,151) may also be a first name.
Katiwa Demographics
Katiwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Katiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Katiwa is found most in Kenya. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Katiwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 137,142nd most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,229,289 people. Katiwa is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Katiwa are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 234,520th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 1,151 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,970 people, or 1 in 15,549. In Kenya Katiwa is most frequent in: Kitui County, where 62 percent live, Machakos County, where 16 percent live and Makueni County, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Malawi, where 3 percent live.
Katiwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Katiwa surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Katiwa
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