Kitaja Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Kitaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 205 | 1:258,252 | 20,734 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kitaja (14) may also be a first name.
Kitaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kitaja occurs most in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,140,742nd most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. Kitaja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kitaja live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kitaja is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 14 people.
It is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 258,252. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 94 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live and Songwe Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and France, 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 Kitaja
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