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
Katsina (Georgian: კაცინა, Russian: Кацина) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katsina? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 260,746th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,839,008 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Katsina reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 527,582nd most prevalent given name globally, borne by 282 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,125 people, or 1 in 157,460. In Nigeria Katsina is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 57 percent reside, Kaduna, where 7 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 5 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Katsina occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Katsina
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