Katobe Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Katobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 135 | 1:392,160 | 27,960 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Katobe (30) may also be a first name.
Katobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katobe (Marathi: काटोबे) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Katobe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katobe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,290,735th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Katobe reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 30 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 392,160. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 51 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 47 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Katobe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Katobe in the Marathi language | ||
| काटोबे | katobe | - |
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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
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- 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 Katobe
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