Chitonho Surname

571,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chitonho Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chitonho Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4911:31,4424,857
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chitonho Last Name Facts

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

Chitonho is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chitonho? popularity and diffusion

Chitonho is the 571,325th most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,202,076 people. The surname Chitonho is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chitonho live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Chitonho is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 491 people, or 1 in 31,442. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 37 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 15 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 8 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chitanho881/
Sitonho804/
Chitunhu75520/
Chitanha75389/
Chitanhu7549/
Chaithonyot7447/
Sitonio67377/
Sitonha673/
Chaitaniah671/
Cetonio671/

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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 Chitonho
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