Chitara Surname
Approximately 12,986 people bear this surname
Chitara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 12,360 | 1:2,206 | 544 |
| India | 419 | 1:1,830,705 | 64,696 |
| Zimbabwe | 100 | 1:154,382 | 19,513 |
| Tanzania | 92 | 1:575,452 | 36,554 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Chitará (4) are calculated separately.
Chitara (397) may also be a first name.
Chitara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chitara (Hindi: चितारा, Marathi: चीतारा, Oriya: ଚିତରା, Russian: Читара, Tibetan: ཅི་ཏ་ར་) is more frequently found in Mozambique than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Chitará. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitara? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 40,371st most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 561,185 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chitara live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 433,463rd most widely held first name at a global level, held by 397 people.
It is most widely held in Mozambique, where it is held by 12,360 people, or 1 in 2,206. Besides Mozambique it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chitara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chitara in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཅི་ཏ་ར་ | chitara | - |
| Chitara in the Marathi language | ||
| चीतारा | citara | 96.97 |
| चीतरा | citara | 3.03 |
| Chitara in the Hindi language | ||
| चितारा | citara | 81.76 |
| चितरा | citara | 15.09 |
| चीतरा | citara | 1.89 |
| Chitara in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିତରା | citara | 55.56 |
| ଚିତର | citara | 44.44 |
| Chitara in the Russian language | ||
| Читара | citara | - |
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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 Chitara
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