Chitawu Surname
Approximately 482 people bear this surname
Chitawu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 432 | 1:35,737 | 5,504 |
| Zambia | 41 | 1:386,583 | 19,508 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
Chitawu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitawu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chitawu is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chitawu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitawu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chitawu is the 633,196th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. The surname Chitawu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitawu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 432 people, or 1 in 35,737. In Zimbabwe Chitawu is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 37 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 25 percent reside and Harare Province, where 16 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 9 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chittawut | 88 | 2 | / |
| Chaitawut | 88 | 2 | / |
| Chaitawau | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chitewu | 86 | 62 | / |
| Chitabu | 86 | 10 | / |
| Chitavu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Citawut | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chitowu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chaithawut | 82 | 2 | / |
| Tshitawu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kitawu | 77 | 367 | / |
| Sitawu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Chaithavut | 71 | 30 | / |
| Kitawuh | 71 | 5 | / |
| Khaithawut | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shitavu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sithawu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chitobu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kitaawu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chetabu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tshitavu | 67 | 83 | / |
| Tshitabu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Chitovhu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sithawut | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chittevu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chitawu
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