Katwai Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Katwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 121 | 1:130,991 | 9,752 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Katwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Katwai is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Katwai.
How Common Is The Last Name Katwai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,573,888th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname Katwai is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Katwai live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 130,991. In Zambia it is most common in: Luapula Province, where 66 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 3 percent live and Kenya, 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 Katwai
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