Chitokwe Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Chitokwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
Chitokwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitokwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chitokwe is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitokwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,028,911th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chitokwe live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chitokwe is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Not including Malawi this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and Russia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chitekwe | 88 | 2,077 | / |
| Chitakwe | 88 | 8 | / |
| Chitongwe | 82 | 115 | / |
| Tchitakwe | 82 | 3 | / |
| Sitokwe | 80 | 112 | / |
| Zitokwe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kitokwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Chitukwi | 75 | 649 | / |
| Chitakwa | 75 | 487 | / |
| Chitogwa | 75 | 101 | / |
| Chitukwa | 75 | 44 | / |
| Kithokwe | 75 | 13 | / |
| Chetekwe | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sithokwe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chitegwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chitungwe | 71 | 20 | / |
| Chittakwi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Haystokwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chitongwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kithookwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hitakw | 71 | 1 | / |
| Setokwe | 67 | 28 | / |
| Kitakwe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kitogwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kitokwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sitogwe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chitokwe
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