Katowa Surname
Approximately 2,153 people bear this surname
Katowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,926 | 1:8,229 | 977 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Katowa (118) may also be a first name.
Katowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katowa occurs most in Zambia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katowa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 195,028th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,384,833 people. The surname Katowa occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Katowa live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Katowa is also the 859,937th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 118 people.
The last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,926 people, or 1 in 8,229. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 44 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 30 percent reside and Central Province, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Katowa
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