Kitangwa Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

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

Kitangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kitangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168

Kitangwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kitangwa is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kitangwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitangwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,573,888th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. Kitangwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitangwa live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Kitangwa is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 600,647. Other than The DR Congo it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kitang'wa94299/
Kitangua881,514/
Kitankwa88109/
Kitongwa8853/
Kitangwe881/
Chitangwa8254/
Kithengwa821/
Kitongwe7575/
Kitongua751/
Kutongwa751/
Chitongwa7137/
Chitankwa7134/
Ketangkua711/
Kethangwe711/
Kutonkwa6321/
Kitongue631/
Kitongbe631/
Chitongwe59115/
Chitongwi591/

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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 Kitangwa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis