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 be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Katiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 137,142nd most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,229,289 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Katiwa live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 234,520th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 1,151 people.
The last name Katiwa is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 2,970 people, or 1 in 15,549. In Kenya Katiwa is most common in: Kitui County, where 62 percent are found, Machakos County, where 16 percent are found and Makueni County, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Malawi, where 3 percent are found.
Katiwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily 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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