Katunku Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Katunku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 137 | 1:1,293,013 | 51,317 |
| Uganda | 56 | 1:697,130 | 35,026 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Katunku (24) may also be a first name.
Katunku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katunku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Katunku is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Katunku? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,129,067th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. The last name Katunku occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Katunku live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent first name internationally, borne by 24 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 53 percent are found, Plateau, where 26 percent are found and Bauchi, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 26 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Katunku
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