Chaitwa Surname
Approximately 589 people bear this surname
Chaitwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 573 | 1:26,943 | 4,135 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chaitwa (48) may also be a first name.
Chaitwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaitwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chaitwa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chaitwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaitwa? popularity and diffusion
Chaitwa is the 544,093rd most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,372,743 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chaitwa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chaitwa is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 48 people.
The last name Chaitwa is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 573 people, or 1 in 26,943. In Zimbabwe Chaitwa is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 21 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 21 percent reside and Harare Province, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chaitwa
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