Chitengwa Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Chitengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 114 | 1:135,423 | 17,730 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chitengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chitengwa has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitengwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,666,404th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chitengwa reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 135,423. In Zimbabwe Chitengwa is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 55 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 25 percent live and Midlands Province, where 11 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and Iceland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chitengwah | 95 | 1 | / |
| Chitengwe | 89 | 6 | / |
| Kitengwa | 82 | 35 | / |
| Kithengwa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chitengue | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tshitengba | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kitingwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Hetengua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ketengwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tshetengba | 63 | 1 | / |
| Setengba | 59 | 4 | / |
| Kitinkwa | 59 | 1 | / |
| Chetnkwo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kettingway | 53 | 0 | / |
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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 Chitengwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis