Katooka Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Katooka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 178 | 1:89,045 | 7,373 |
| Japan | 46 | 1:2,779,224 | 32,156 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Katooka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katooka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katooka is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katooka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,070,546th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Katooka live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Katooka is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 89,045. In Zambia it is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 69 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 16 percent are found and Southern Province, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 20 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Katooka
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