Katoma Surname
Approximately 2,333 people bear this surname
Katoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 793 | 1:19,987 | 2,218 |
| Zimbabwe | 599 | 1:25,773 | 3,939 |
| Malawi | 444 | 1:38,557 | 5,632 |
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Namibia | 139 | 1:17,334 | 3,060 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Katoma (155) may also be a first name.
Katoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Katoma (Russian: Катома) is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katoma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 182,229th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,123,680 people. The last name Katoma is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Katoma reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Katoma is also the 738,219th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 155 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 793 people, or 1 in 19,987. In Zambia it is most common in: Central Province, where 29 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent are found and Southern Province, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia this last name occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent are found and Malawi, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Katoma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Katoma in the Russian language | ||
| Катома | katoma | - |
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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 Katoma
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