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 surname Katiwa is most common in Kenya. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Katiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 137,142nd most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,229,289 people. The last name Katiwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Katiwa reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 234,520th most frequent first name globally It is held by 1,151 people.
The last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 2,970 people, or 1 in 15,549. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kitui County, where 62 percent are found, Machakos County, where 16 percent are found and Makueni County, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs 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 holding the last name 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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