Chituma Surname
Approximately 408 people bear this surname
Chituma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 326 | 1:48,619 | 4,615 |
| Zimbabwe | 77 | 1:200,497 | 23,224 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chituma (53) may also be a first name.
Chituma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chituma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chituma (Hindi: चितुमा) is most common in Zambia. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chituma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 716,247th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,861,632 people. Chituma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chituma are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 53 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 48,619. In Zambia Chituma is most numerous in: Luapula Province, where 43 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent live. Other than Zambia Chituma occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chituma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chituma in the Hindi language | ||
| चितुमा | cituma | - |
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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 Chituma
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