Chitwanga Surname
Approximately 2,008 people bear this surname
Chitwanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,516 | 1:11,292 | 1,733 |
| Tanzania | 377 | 1:140,429 | 12,917 |
| Zambia | 63 | 1:251,586 | 15,178 |
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Chitwanga (81) may also be a first name.
Chitwanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chitwanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chitwanga is most common in Malawi. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chitwanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 206,400th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,629,256 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chitwanga reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most widespread first name at a global level, held by 81 people.
The surname Chitwanga is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 1,516 people, or 1 in 11,292. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 19 percent live and Zambia, where 3 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
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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 Chitwanga
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