Katumwe Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Katumwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Katumwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Zambia101:1,584,99231,679
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Katumwe (34) may also be a first name.

Katumwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Katumwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Katumwe is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Katumwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Katumwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,428,594th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name Katumwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Katumwe live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 34 people.

The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 568,304. Beside The DR Congo this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 7 percent are found and Malawi, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Katumwehe8842/
Katumwa862,021/
Katimwe864/
Katumweehe821/
Kautumbe808/
Katumuhe804/
Kattumwa801/
Katumbea801/
Katuumwa801/
Kaitumbi672/
Koutumbe671/
Kotaumbe671/
Koutoumbe6311/
Katumuayi634/
Khoutumbe631/
Kotomwa571/
Koutoumbi508/
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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 Katumwe
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