Chitela Surname
Approximately 520 people bear this surname
Chitela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 431 | 1:122,834 | 11,635 |
| Zambia | 41 | 1:386,583 | 19,508 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chitela (34) may also be a first name.
Chitela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chitela (Oriya: ଚିେତଲା) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 598,302nd most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 14,014,511 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Chitela live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chitela is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 34 people.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 431 people, or 1 in 122,834. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 99 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 8 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chitela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chitela in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିେତଲା | cietala | - |
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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 Chitela
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