Chitolo Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chitolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chitolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1171:135,4699,983
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

Chitolo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chitolo is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chitolo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,581,912th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chitolo are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Chitolo is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 135,469. In Zambia Chitolo is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 51 percent reside, Luapula Province, where 32 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Zambia Chitolo occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 percent reside.

Chitolo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Chitolo
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