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
The surname Chitengwa is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Chitengwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitengwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,666,404th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chitengwa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 135,423. In Zimbabwe Chitengwa is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 55 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 25 percent live and Midlands Province, where 11 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe Chitengwa occurs in 4 countries. It is also common 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