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
The last name Chitela (Oriya: ଚିେତଲା) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 598,302nd most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,014,511 people. The surname Chitela is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Chitela reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Chitela is also the 1,775,424th most frequent forename globally, borne by 34 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 431 people, or 1 in 122,834. In Tanzania Chitela is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 99 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 8 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
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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