Katungwe Surname
Approximately 1,808 people bear this surname
Katungwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,699 | 1:10,076 | 1,563 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Zambia | 16 | 1:990,620 | 29,787 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
Katungwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katungwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Katungwe is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Katungwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katungwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 224,900th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,030,722 people. The surname Katungwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Katungwe reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Katungwe is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,699 people, or 1 in 10,076. Aside from Malawi it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Katungwe
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