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
The surname Katungwe occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katungwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Katungwe is the 224,900th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,030,722 people. The surname Katungwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Katungwe reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,699 people, or 1 in 10,076. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs 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
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- 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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