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 last name Chiyota is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyota? popularity and diffusion
Chiyota is the 386,017th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 7,921,246 people. Chiyota occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyota live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 633,892nd most numerous first name on earth, borne by 204 people.
Chiyota is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 917 people, or 1 in 17,285. In Zambia Chiyota is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 50 percent live, Southern Province, where 28 percent live and Central Province, where 20 percent live. Excluding Zambia this last name is found 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
- 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 Chiyota
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