Chitulwa Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chitulwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Chitulwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia611:259,83515,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Chitulwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chitulwa is found most in Zambia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chitulwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,436,415th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Chitulwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitulwa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Chitulwa is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 259,835. In Zambia Chitulwa is most prevalent in: Central Province, where 62 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 36 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Zambia it exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Citulwa931/
Kitulwa801/
Shitolwa757/
Kitaulwa752/
Chitolwe751/
Kitolwa671/
Haitulbi631/
Sitolua531/
Getulua531/
Ketuluea5088/

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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 Chitulwa
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