Chitapa Surname
Approximately 865 people bear this surname
Chitapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 600 | 1:25,730 | 3,929 |
| Tanzania | 198 | 1:267,382 | 21,207 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Zambia | 17 | 1:932,348 | 29,315 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chitapa (62) may also be a first name.
Chitapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chitapa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chitapa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitapa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 405,063rd most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,424,909 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chitapa live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 62 people.
It is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 600 people, or 1 in 25,730. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 49 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 15 percent reside and Harare Province, where 11 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe Chitapa exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 23 percent reside and India, where 2 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 Chitapa
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