Chitunhu Surname
Approximately 520 people bear this surname
Chitunhu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 496 | 1:31,125 | 4,805 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chitunu | 93 | 12 | / |
| Chitungu | 88 | 1,817 | / |
| Chituneu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chitumhu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chitunguu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chistunyu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chittumnu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Citungu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chutunu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tchitounou | 78 | 9 | / |
| Chitonho | 75 | 552 | / |
| Shitungu | 75 | 74 | / |
| Tchitoungou | 74 | 1 | / |
| Tshitungu | 71 | 280 | / |
| Gitunu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Situnu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shitunguu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Situngu | 67 | 216 | / |
| Zitounu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Githunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chitonu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshiotungu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zaitunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaitunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sithungu | 63 | 105 | / |
| Chaitonui | 59 | 5 | / |
| Chaithonui | 56 | 4 | / |
| Sitonho | 53 | 4 | / |
| Setungu | 53 | 1 | / |
| Jaytunu | 53 | 1 | / |
| Setounou | 50 | 67 | / |
| Setonhou | 50 | 55 | / |
| Sethungu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Chitunhu
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