Kitaba Surname
Approximately 6,429 people bear this surname
Kitaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,829 | 1:20,200 | 2,620 |
| DR Congo | 1,341 | 1:55,093 | 6,617 |
| Japan | 152 | 1:841,081 | 18,528 |
| Uganda | 80 | 1:487,991 | 28,240 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Kitaba (12,539) may also be a first name.
Kitaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kitaba (Hindi: किताबा, Marathi: िकताबा) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 76,252nd most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,133,543 people. Kitaba is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kitaba reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 52,592nd most widespread forename in the world. It is borne by 12,539 people.
This surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 4,829 people, or 1 in 20,200. Beside Ethiopia this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and Japan, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kitaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kitaba in the Hindi language | ||
| किताबा | kitaba | - |
| Kitaba in the Marathi language | ||
| िकताबा | ikataba | - |
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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 Kitaba
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