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 last name Chitapa has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chitapa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitapa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 405,063rd most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,424,909 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chitapa reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chitapa is also the 1,246,114th most commonly held given name globally, held by 62 people.
This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 600 people, or 1 in 25,730. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 49 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 15 percent are found and Harare Province, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe Chitapa occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 23 percent are found and India, 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 Chitapa
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