Chitonde Surname

653,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chitonde Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chitonde Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4181:40,9555,885
Zimbabwe401:385,95635,257
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994

Chitonde Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chitonde occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chitonde.

How Common Is The Last Name Chitonde? popularity and diffusion

It is the 653,013th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitonde reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Other than Malawi it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tchitondje891/
Chitonda8846/
Chitande8813/
Chitondi882/
Haitonde881/
Tchetonde822/
Chithondi821/
Kitonde8066/
Hetonde805/
Sitonde801/
Chaithondi784/
Chitanda7510,057/
Chitunda756,327/
Chitundi75141/
Shetonde7582/
Shitande753/
Jaitonde752/
Kaitonde751/
Kittonde751/
Chitandi751/
Tshitande7134/
Chittanda718/
Khaytonde711/
Chietunda711/
Chittunda711/
Zitande67340/
Kitonda6790/
Kitondi6772/
Sitande6763/
Setonde6759/
Kitande6735/
Citanda6722/
Hitundi6714/
Sitonda6714/
Ketonde677/

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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 Chitonde
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