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
The last name Katong (Tibetan: ཀ་སྟོང་།) occurs most in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Katong? popularity and diffusion
It is the 352,668th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,054,740 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 47 percent of Katong live; 45 percent live in Southeast Asia and 43 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 249,711th most common first name in the world, borne by 1,032 people.
This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 447 people, or 1 in 121,203. In South Africa Katong is primarily concentrated in: Northern Cape, where 59 percent live, North West, where 31 percent live and Gauteng, where 7 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common 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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