Jitau Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Jitau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jitau (462) may also be a first name.
Jitau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jitau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jitau (Hindi: जिताऊ, Marathi: िजतउ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jitau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Jitau live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 396,762nd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 462 people.
Jitau is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Jitau is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 63 percent reside, Yobe, where 26 percent reside and Borno, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jitau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jitau in the Hindi language | ||
| जिताऊ | jita'u | 49.3 |
| जितऊ | jita'u | 21.13 |
| जिताउ | jita'u | 14.08 |
| जीतउ | jita'u | 4.93 |
| जीताऊ | jita'u | 4.23 |
| जीताउ | jita'u | 3.52 |
| जितउ | jita'u | 2.11 |
| जीतऊ | jita'u | 0.7 |
| Jitau in the Marathi language | ||
| िजतउ | ijata'u | 25 |
| िजताऊ | ijata'u | 25 |
| िजताउ | ijata'u | 25 |
| िजतऊ | ijata'u | 25 |
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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 Jitau
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