Katunge Surname
Approximately 5,661 people bear this surname
Katunge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4,815 | 1:9,591 | 1,229 |
| DR Congo | 404 | 1:182,870 | 18,550 |
| Tanzania | 401 | 1:132,024 | 12,342 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Katunge (1,511) may also be a first name.
Katunge Demographics
Katunge Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Katunge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katunge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katunge (Marathi: काटुंगे) is most common in Kenya. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Katunge? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 85,247th most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,287,325 people. The surname Katunge occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Katunge reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Katunge is also the 199,883rd most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 1,511 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 4,815 people, or 1 in 9,591. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Machakos County, where 34 percent reside, Makueni County, where 29 percent reside and Kitui County, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Tanzania, where 7 percent reside.
Katunge Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Katunge last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Katunge Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Katunge in the Marathi language | ||
| काटुंगे | katunge | - |
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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 Katunge
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