Katuvya Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Katuvya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 52 | 1:888,075 | 32,885 |
| Zambia | 29 | 1:546,549 | 23,344 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Katuvya (60) may also be a first name.
Katuvya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katuvya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Katuvya occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katuvya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,061,309th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Katuvya live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Katuvya is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 60 people.
Katuvya is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 888,075. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Makueni County, where 98 percent are found and Kitui County, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 35 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 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 Katuvya
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