Nkatha Surname
Approximately 27,304 people bear this surname
Nkatha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 26,732 | 1:1,728 | 267 |
| South Africa | 396 | 1:136,812 | 15,826 |
| Zimbabwe | 148 | 1:104,312 | 14,575 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nkatha (4,698) may also be a first name.
Nkatha Demographics
Average Nkatha Salary in
South Africa
R 92,964
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nkatha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkatha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkatha is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkatha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 20,039th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 266,904 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkatha are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 99,947th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 4,698 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 26,732 people, or 1 in 1,728. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Meru County, where 74 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 11 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 5 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Nkatha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Nkatha earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.88% less than the national average, earning R 92,964 per year.
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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 Nkatha
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