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) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katsina? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 260,746th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,839,008 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Katsina live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 527,582nd most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 282 people.
Katsina is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,125 people, or 1 in 157,460. In Nigeria Katsina is most frequent in: Benue, where 57 percent reside, Kaduna, where 7 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs 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
- 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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