Chitope Surname

672,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 444 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chitope Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chitope Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4311:35,8205,527
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chitope Last Name Facts

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

Chitope is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chitope? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chitope is the 672,867th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitope are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 431 people, or 1 in 35,820. In Zimbabwe Chitope is primarily found in: Midlands Province, where 35 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 23 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe Chitope exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 2 percent are found and Malawi, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Chitope
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