Katom Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Katom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 90 | 1:601,974 | 45,802 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Katom (55) may also be a first name.
Katom Demographics
Average Katom Salary in
South Africa
R 83,640
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Katom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katom (Arabic: كتوم, Russian: Катом) is most common in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katom? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,129,067th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. The surname Katom occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Katom reside; 42 percent reside in Southern Africa and 42 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 55 people.
The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 601,974. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 44 percent are found, Western Cape, where 43 percent are found and Gauteng, where 7 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found.
Katom Last Name Statistics demography
Katom earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.8% less than the national average, earning R 83,640 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Katom Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Katom in the Russian language | ||
| Катом | katom | - |
| Katom in the Arabic language | ||
| كتوم | ktwm | - |
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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 Katom
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