Chiteya Surname
Approximately 545 people bear this surname
Chiteya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 80 | 1:192,978 | 22,657 |
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
Chiteya (13) may also be a first name.
Chiteya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiteya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiteya (Oriya: ଚିେଟୟା) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiteya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 576,965th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 13,371,644 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chiteya are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chiteya is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 13 people.
The last name Chiteya is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Beside Malawi it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent live and Zambia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chiteya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chiteya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିେଟୟା | cietaya | - |
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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 Chiteya
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