Chitenda Surname
Approximately 622 people bear this surname
Chitenda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 322 | 1:47,945 | 7,350 |
| Tanzania | 274 | 1:193,218 | 16,588 |
| Zambia | 26 | 1:609,612 | 24,798 |
Chitenda (14) may also be a first name.
Chitenda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitenda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chitenda is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitenda? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 522,545th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,716,312 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitenda live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 14 people.
Chitenda is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 322 people, or 1 in 47,945. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 88 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 4 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 4 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 44 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 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 Chitenda
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