Kasitu Surname
Approximately 3,073 people bear this surname
Kasitu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,787 | 1:8,870 | 1,038 |
| Tanzania | 1,220 | 1:43,395 | 4,928 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kasitu (42) may also be a first name.
Kasitu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kasitu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kasitu is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kasitu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 144,573rd most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,371,476 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kasitu are found; 58 percent are found in Southern Africa and 58 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 42 people.
This surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,787 people, or 1 in 8,870. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Northern Province, where 56 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent live. Besides Zambia it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 40 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kashitu | 92 | 1,100 | / |
| Kasithu | 92 | 22 | / |
| Khasitu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Katsitu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kasaitu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kasitau | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kashithu | 86 | 123 | / |
| Kashietu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Khashitu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kajitu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kagitu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kasetu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Qasitu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kassiotou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kadzitu | 77 | 284 | / |
| Kashetu | 77 | 180 | / |
| Kasaytu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kachitu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kasethu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kazuitu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kagitau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kgositau | 71 | 164 | / |
| Kachitau | 71 | 14 | / |
| Kassaytu | 71 | 9 | / |
| Katsetou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kashettu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kayjaitu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kazistou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaasojtu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keshithu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kozaitus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koshitou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kassetou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kozaitou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kazetu | 67 | 80 | / |
| Kojitu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cajitu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koscioteu | 67 | 1 | / |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kasitu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis