Katsina Surname
Approximately 1,506 people bear this surname
Katsina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,125 | 1:157,460 | 9,910 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Greece | 111 | 1:99,818 | 16,778 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Katsina (282) may also be a first name.
Katsina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katsina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Katsina (Georgian: კაცინა, Russian: Кацина) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Katsina? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 260,746th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 4,839,008 people. The last name Katsina occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Katsina reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Katsina is also the 527,582nd most widespread first name internationally It is held by 282 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,125 people, or 1 in 157,460. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 57 percent reside, Kaduna, where 7 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Katsina is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 12 percent reside and Greece, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Katsina Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Katsina in the Georgian language | ||
| კაცინა | katsina | - |
| Katsina in the Russian language | ||
| Кацина | kacina | - |
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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
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- 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 Katsina
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