Katong Surname
Approximately 1,033 people bear this surname
Katong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 447 | 1:121,203 | 14,363 |
| Indonesia | 191 | 1:692,404 | 53,816 |
| Thailand | 116 | 1:608,951 | 103,575 |
| Philippines | 83 | 1:1,219,738 | 95,055 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Malaysia | 64 | 1:460,847 | 23,445 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Cambodia | 6 | 1:2,581,191 | 8,069 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Katong (1,032) may also be a first name.
Katong Demographics
Average Katong Salary in
South Africa
R 99,516
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Katong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Katong (Tibetan: ཀ་སྟོང་།) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katong? popularity and diffusion
Katong is the 352,668th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,054,740 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 47 percent of Katong reside; 45 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Katong is also the 249,711th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 1,032 people.
The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 447 people, or 1 in 121,203. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Northern Cape, where 59 percent live, North West, where 31 percent live and Gauteng, where 7 percent live. Excluding South Africa Katong occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent live and Thailand, where 11 percent live.
Katong Last Name Statistics demography
Katong earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.12% less than the national average, earning R 99,516 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Katong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Katong in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་སྟོང་། | katong | - |
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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 Katong
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