Katondwe Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Katondwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Katondwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1031:717,27751,618
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Katondwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Katondwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Katondwe is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Katondwe? popularity and diffusion

Katondwe is the 1,727,723rd most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Katondwe live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

Katondwe is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Apart from The DR Congo it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Katondwa88277/
Katondwi8851/
Katandwe8843/
Katundwe882/
Khatondwi821/
Katuntwe7535/
Katundwa7521/
Katandwa7513/
Katuntwa632/
Castonduay561/

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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 Katondwe
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