Katongu Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Katongu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 228 | 1:202,543 | 14,705 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Katongu (123) may also be a first name.
Katongu Demographics
Katongu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Katongu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katongu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katongu is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Katongu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katongu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,006,539th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Katongu are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 840,349th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 123 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 228 people, or 1 in 202,543. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kitui County, where 78 percent live, Machakos County, where 21 percent live and Embu County, where 0 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.
Katongu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Katongu surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Katongu
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