Fitaw Surname

159,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Fitaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fitaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia2,7371:35,6404,079
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fitaw (16) may also be a first name.

Fitaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fitaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Fitaw is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fitaw.

How Common Is The Last Name Fitaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fitaw is the 159,324th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,660,659 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fitaw reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Fitaw is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 16 people.

The surname Fitaw is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,737 people, or 1 in 35,640. Not including Ethiopia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fitawe911/
Fetaw8049/
Futaw801/
Fitova73112/
Fitowa7324/
Feitaf731/
Vithaw731/
Fetawe731/
Fithow731/
Feataw731/
Fettaw730/
Faitova678/
Faithow677/
Foitova674/
Feitova672/
Vithauw671/

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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 Fitaw
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis