Chitewe Surname

398,272nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 884 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chitewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chitewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe8221:18,7812,781
Zambia361:440,27620,880
England161:3,482,379114,324
Iceland31:126,6975,403
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Chitewe (15) may also be a first name.

Chitewe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chitewe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chitewe occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chitewe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chitewe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 398,272nd most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 8,243,830 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chitewe are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chitewe is also the 2,900,335th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.

The last name Chitewe is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 822 people, or 1 in 18,781. In Zimbabwe Chitewe is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 30 percent live, Harare Province, where 26 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 15 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 4 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Chitewe
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