Katuya Surname
Approximately 2,061 people bear this surname
Katuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,699 | 1:10,076 | 1,563 |
| Zambia | 208 | 1:76,202 | 6,540 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Philippines | 59 | 1:1,715,902 | 111,316 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Katuya (87) may also be a first name.
Katuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katuya is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Katuya.
How Common Is The Last Name Katuya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Katuya is the 202,164th most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 3,535,927 people. The surname Katuya occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Katuya live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most prevalent forename in the world, borne by 87 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 1,699 people, or 1 in 10,076. Beside Malawi this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 10 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 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 Katuya
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