Chitewa Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Chitewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 54 | 1:285,893 | 29,291 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
Chitewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chitewa is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chitewa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitewa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Chitewa is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 285,893. In Zimbabwe Chitewa is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 56 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 43 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Chitewa
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