Chitalo Surname
Approximately 1,656 people bear this surname
Chitalo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,385 | 1:12,360 | 1,927 |
| Zambia | 221 | 1:71,719 | 6,216 |
| Zimbabwe | 40 | 1:385,956 | 35,257 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chitalo (12) may also be a first name.
Chitalo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitalo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chitalo is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chitalo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitalo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chitalo is the 241,315th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,400,692 people. The last name Chitalo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitalo live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 12 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 1,385 people, or 1 in 12,360. Other than Malawi this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 13 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 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 Chitalo
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