Chitumbu Surname

830,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chitumbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chitumbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2071:74,58111,011
Zambia1191:133,1939,870
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Chitumbu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chitumbu is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chitumbu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 830,559th most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 21,884,522 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitumbu live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 74,581. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Midlands Province, where 62 percent live, Harare Province, where 12 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 11 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 36 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Citumbu9327/
Hitumbu931/
Chitombu8819/
Chitimbu881/
Tshitumbu82954/
Tchytumbu821/
Kitumbu802,230/
Gitumbu8027/
Tshithumbu7821/
Kithumbu75414/
Githumbu759/
Kitumbui752/
Tcytumbu751/
Kitoumbou711/
Ketumbu672/
Sittunbut594/

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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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  • 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 Chitumbu
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