Chithwayo Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Chithwayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chithwayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1091:497,04340,551

Chithwayo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chithwayo is found most in South Africa. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chithwayo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,755,741st most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chithwayo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Chithwayo is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 497,043. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 52 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 28 percent live and Gauteng, where 17 percent live.

Chithwayo Last Name Statistics demography

Chithwayo earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.67% more than the national average, earning R 324,780 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chitwayo9466/
Cithwayo941/
Caithwayo892/
Gcithwayo891/
Citwayo8811/
Chitway881/
Cethwayo824/
Khethwayo782/
Chitwai7572/
Cetwayo7526/
Sitwayo756/
Hethway751/
Shitway751/
Chidwayi71250/
Heathway7116/
Khetwayo7110/
Kethwayo711/
Kitway674/
Hidway672/
Sitway671/
Heatheway670/

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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 Chithwayo
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