Nkatta Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Nkatta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 170 | 1:311,421 | 23,787 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nkatta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkatta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkatta occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkatta? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 980,795th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkatta live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Nkatta is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 311,421. In Tanzania Nkatta is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Nkatta
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