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 surname Katuvya is most common in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katuvya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,061,309th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname Katuvya occurs predominantly 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 numerous first name globally, borne by 60 people.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 888,075. In Kenya Katuvya is most frequent in: Makueni County, where 98 percent live and Kitui County, where 2 percent live. Beside Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 35 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
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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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