Chitopela Surname
Approximately 656 people bear this surname
Chitopela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 655 | 1:80,827 | 8,296 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Chitopela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitopela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chitopela has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitopela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 501,369th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 11,109,064 people. The surname Chitopela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitopela live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 655 people, or 1 in 80,827. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Lindi Region, where 67 percent reside, Mtwara Region, where 25 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chitapila | 78 | 9 | / |
| Chitopolo | 78 | 3 | / |
| Chitapala | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chithapala | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chittapala | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chittapalla | 70 | 1 | / |
| Chitapile | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hietapelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chittapili | 63 | 2 | / |
| Chuttapalla | 60 | 3 | / |
| Sitapelo | 59 | 24 | / |
| Sithapelo | 56 | 8 | / |
| Jaitapele | 56 | 2 | / |
| Chittapalo | 53 | 37 | / |
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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 Chitopela
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