Katu Surname
Approximately 6,187 people bear this surname
Katu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,085 | 1:121,889 | 12,294 |
| India | 849 | 1:903,493 | 39,181 |
| Papua New Guinea | 800 | 1:10,192 | 862 |
| DR Congo | 698 | 1:105,845 | 11,745 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| South Africa | 433 | 1:125,122 | 14,733 |
| Nigeria | 405 | 1:437,390 | 22,495 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Cameroon | 194 | 1:107,057 | 12,544 |
| Kenya | 173 | 1:266,936 | 17,720 |
| Lesotho | 155 | 1:13,113 | 2,903 |
| New Zealand | 116 | 1:39,037 | 6,614 |
| Zimbabwe | 55 | 1:280,695 | 28,958 |
| Malaysia | 43 | 1:685,912 | 32,468 |
| Pakistan | 39 | 1:4,580,612 | 30,982 |
| Brazil | 35 | 1:6,116,409 | 148,801 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| Cook Islands | 25 | 1:727 | 118 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Katu (9,370) may also be a first name.
Katu Demographics
Average Katu Salary in
South Africa
R 84,300
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Katu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katu (Arabic: كاتو, Bengali: কটু, Hindi: कतु, Marathi: कटु, Oriya: କାଟୁ, Russian: Кату, Tibetan: དཀར་ཀྲུ།) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Katu? popularity and diffusion
Katu is the 78,919th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,177,880 people. Katu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Katu reside; 18 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 18 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Katu is also the 64,028th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 9,370 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,085 people, or 1 in 121,889. In Indonesia Katu is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 73 percent are found, South Sulawesi, where 9 percent are found and Central Java, where 4 percent are found. Besides Indonesia it exists in 60 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found.
Katu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Katu has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Katu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Katu surname is predominantly Christian (80%) in Kenya.
Katu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.53% less than the national average, earning R 84,300 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Katu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Katu in the Bengali language | ||
| কটু | katu | 58.82 |
| কাতু | katu | 29.41 |
| কতু | katu | 11.76 |
| Katu in the Tibetan language | ||
| དཀར་ཀྲུ། | kartru | 50 |
| ཀ་ཏུ་ | katu | 50 |
| Katu in the Hindi language | ||
| कतु | katu | 39.22 |
| कतू | katu | 16.91 |
| कटू | katu | 15.99 |
| कटु | katu | 12.27 |
| काटू | katu | 8.92 |
| कातु | katu | 3.16 |
| कातू | katu | 2.42 |
| काटु | katu | 0.93 |
| केतू | ketu | 0.19 |
| Katu in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଟୁ | katu | 33.25 |
| କାତୁ | katu | 26.79 |
| କଟୁ | katu | 24.64 |
| କତୁ | katu | 13.4 |
| କଟୂ | katu | 0.96 |
| କାଟୂ | katu | 0.48 |
| ଖତୁ | khatu | 0.24 |
| କାଡୁ | kadu | 0.24 |
| Katu in the Marathi language | ||
| कटु | katu | 26.5 |
| कटू | katu | 23.5 |
| काटू | katu | 14.51 |
| काटु | katu | 14.51 |
| कातु | katu | 9.78 |
| कतु | katu | 5.84 |
| कातू | katu | 3.55 |
| कतू | katu | 0.79 |
| कांतु | kantu | 0.16 |
| खातू | khatu | 0.16 |
| कठु | kathu | 0.08 |
| खटू | khatu | 0.08 |
| कंटू | kantu | 0.08 |
| अकटु | akatu | 0.08 |
| कठू | kathu | 0.08 |
| Katu in the Russian language | ||
| Кату | katu | - |
| Katu in the Arabic language | ||
| كاتو | katw | - |
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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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- 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 Katu
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