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 surname Katoma (Russian: Катома) is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Katoma.
How Common Is The Last Name Katoma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 182,229th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 3,123,680 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Katoma reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 738,219th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 155 people.
The last name Katoma is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 793 people, or 1 in 19,987. In Zambia Katoma is primarily concentrated in: Central Province, where 29 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent live and Southern Province, where 18 percent live. Not including Zambia it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent live and Malawi, where 19 percent live.
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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