Chitongo Surname

149,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,949 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chitongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chitongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2,3571:6,550716
Tanzania2661:199,02917,000
Zambia2341:67,7355,969
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Namibia251:96,3768,697
England181:3,095,448105,421
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chitongo (78) may also be a first name.

Chitongo Last Name Facts

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

Chitongo is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chitongo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 149,751st most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,471,192 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chitongo live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chitongo is also the 1,091,646th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 78 people.

This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 2,357 people, or 1 in 6,550. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 30 percent reside, Harare Province, where 28 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe Chitongo occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 9 percent reside and Zambia, where 8 percent reside.

Chitongo Last Name Statistics demography

Chitongo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.67% less than the national average, earning R 121,968 per year.

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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 Chitongo
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