Chitafu Surname
Approximately 608 people bear this surname
Chitafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 607 | 1:26,112 | 2,761 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chitafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chitafu is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitafu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 531,574th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 11,986,095 people. Chitafu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitafu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chitafu is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 607 people, or 1 in 26,112. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 69 percent are found, Central Province, where 15 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Zambia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 0 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 Chitafu
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