Chitunga Surname
Approximately 937 people bear this surname
Chitunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 706 | 1:24,248 | 3,692 |
| Zambia | 210 | 1:75,476 | 6,493 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chitunga (15) may also be a first name.
Chitunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chitunga (Oriya: ଚିତୁ) is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitunga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chitunga is the 380,576th most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 7,777,530 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitunga are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chitunga is also the 2,900,335th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 15 people.
The last name Chitunga is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 706 people, or 1 in 24,248. Aside from Malawi this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 22 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chitunga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chitunga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିତୁ | citu | 50 |
| ଚିଟୁ | citu | 50 |
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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 Chitunga
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