Chitwaka Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Chitwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 164 | 1:96,646 | 7,818 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Chitwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chitwaka is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitwaka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,348,199th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chitwaka are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 96,646. In Zambia Chitwaka is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 45 percent live, Muchinga Province, where 27 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 24 percent live. Excluding Zambia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Iceland, where 1 percent live.
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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 Chitwaka
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