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Where Does The Last Name Katu Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Katu (Arabic: كاتو, Bengali: কটু, Hindi: कतु, Marathi: कटु, Oriya: କାଟୁ, Russian: Кату, Tibetan: དཀར་ཀྲུ།) is most common in Indonesia. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Katu? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Katu is the 78,919^th most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,177,880 people. The surname Katu occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Katu live; 18 percent live in Southeast Asia and 18 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Katu is also the 64,028^th most frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 9,370 people.

Katu is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,085 people, or 1 in 121,889. In Indonesia Katu is most prevalent 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 Katu occurs in 60 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found.

Katu Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Katu has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Katu last name grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Katu Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally 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.