Chiyota Surname
Approximately 920 people bear this surname
Chiyota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 917 | 1:17,285 | 1,935 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chiyota (204) may also be a first name.
Chiyota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiyota is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyota? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 386,017th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,921,246 people. Chiyota is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyota reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chiyota is also the 633,892nd most frequently occurring given name internationally It is held by 204 people.
The surname Chiyota is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 917 people, or 1 in 17,285. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 50 percent live, Southern Province, where 28 percent live and Central Province, where 20 percent live. Apart from Zambia Chiyota occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 0 percent live and Scotland, where 0 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 Chiyota
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