Kitanda Surname

201,417th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,070 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kitanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kitanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,2931:57,1386,837
Uganda4441:87,9269,190
Tanzania3141:168,60414,863
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Congo61:831,51616,072
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kitanda (177) may also be a first name.

Kitanda Last Name Facts

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

Kitanda is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitanda? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kitanda is the 201,417th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,520,554 people. Kitanda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitanda live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kitanda is also the 685,598th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 177 people.

The last name Kitanda is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,293 people, or 1 in 57,138. Barring The DR Congo this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 21 percent live and Tanzania, where 15 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
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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 Kitanda
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