Chitau Surname
Approximately 920 people bear this surname
Chitau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 838 | 1:18,423 | 2,722 |
| Zambia | 78 | 1:203,204 | 13,208 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Chitau (88) may also be a first name.
Chitau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chitau (Hindi: चिताऊ, Oriya: ଚିତଉ) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chitau is the 386,017th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 7,921,246 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitau are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chitau is also the 1,017,994th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 88 people.
The surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 838 people, or 1 in 18,423. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 51 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 19 percent live and Harare Province, where 14 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 8 percent live and Angola, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chitau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chitau in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିତଉ | cita'u | 78.57 |
| ଚିତାଉ | cita'u | 21.43 |
| Chitau in the Hindi language | ||
| चिताऊ | cita'u | 36.36 |
| चितौ | citau | 18.18 |
| छिताऊ | chita'u | 18.18 |
| चिताउ | cita'u | 9.09 |
| चितऊ | cita'u | 9.09 |
| चितउ | cita'u | 9.09 |
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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 Chitau
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