Katyamba Surname

413,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 842 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Katyamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Katyamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia8141:19,4722,164
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Katyamba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Katyamba Come From? nationality or country of origin

Katyamba is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Katyamba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 413,768th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 8,655,043 people. The last name Katyamba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Katyamba are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 814 people, or 1 in 19,472. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 71 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 15 percent are found and Central Province, where 7 percent are found. Beside Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Katyambo883/
Katiamba883/
Katayomba8224/
Katiambo751/
Khatijambai741/
Koutiamba712/
Katiambio711/
Khotyomba711/
Katjombe6345/
Kotyombe631/
Koutiomba591/
Khatijanbi561/
Kotyanvi501/

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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
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  • 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 Katyamba
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