Nkatya Surname
Approximately 826 people bear this surname
Nkatya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 750 | 1:21,133 | 2,315 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nkatya (125) may also be a first name.
Nkatya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkatya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkatya occurs most in Zambia. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkatya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 420,074th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 8,822,695 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkatya reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 832,731st most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 125 people.
The surname Nkatya is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 750 people, or 1 in 21,133. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Muchinga Province, where 50 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 13 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia Nkatya exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live and South Africa, where 0 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 Nkatya
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