Katwamba Surname
Approximately 4,075 people bear this surname
Katwamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,798 | 1:26,404 | 3,311 |
| Zambia | 1,277 | 1:12,412 | 1,424 |
Katwamba (184) may also be a first name.
Katwamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Katwamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Katwamba occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Katwamba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 113,524th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,788,355 people. The last name Katwamba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Katwamba live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Katwamba is also the 671,014th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 184 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,798 people, or 1 in 26,404. Other than The DR Congo it exists in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 31 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 Katwamba
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