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) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Chitela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 598,302nd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 14,014,511 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Chitela are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Chitela is also the 1,775,424th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 34 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 431 people, or 1 in 122,834. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 99 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live and Arusha Region, where 0 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 8 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
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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