Chitawa Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Chitawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 389 | 1:39,687 | 6,130 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Chitawa (26) may also be a first name.
Chitawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chitawa is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 722,496th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. Chitawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitawa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chitawa is also the 2,084,397th most common first name world-wide, borne by 26 people.
The last name Chitawa is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 389 people, or 1 in 39,687. In Zimbabwe Chitawa is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 64 percent are found, Harare Province, where 17 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 8 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 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 Chitawa
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