Chitunhu Surname

598,302nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 520 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chitunhu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chitunhu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4961:31,1254,805
England161:3,482,379114,324
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Chitunhu Last Name Facts

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

Chitunhu has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chitunhu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 598,302nd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 14,014,511 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Chitunhu reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 496 people, or 1 in 31,125. In Zimbabwe Chitunhu is most frequent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 46 percent live, Harare Province, where 21 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 19 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chitunu9312/
Chitungu881,817/
Chituneu881/
Chitumhu881/
Chitunguu821/
Chistunyu821/
Chittumnu821/
Citungu801/
Chutunu801/
Tchitounou789/
Chitonho75552/
Shitungu7574/
Tchitoungou741/
Tshitungu71280/
Gitunu715/
Situnu711/
Shitunguu711/
Situngu67216/
Zitounu671/
Githunu671/
Chitonu671/
Tshiotungu671/
Zaitunu671/
Jaitunu671/
Sithungu63105/
Chaitonui595/
Chaithonui564/
Sitonho534/
Setungu531/
Jaytunu531/
Setounou5067/
Setonhou5055/
Sethungu501/

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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 Chitunhu
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