Chitowa Surname
Approximately 346 people bear this surname
Chitowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 334 | 1:46,222 | 7,101 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chitowa (32) may also be a first name.
Chitowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chitowa is found most in Zimbabwe. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitowa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 807,857th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitowa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chitowa is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 32 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 334 people, or 1 in 46,222. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 28 percent live, Harare Province, where 24 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 23 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 2 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
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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 Chitowa
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