Kitanu 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

Kitanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kitanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
India101:76,706,538639,611
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Kitanu (18) may also be a first name.

Kitanu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kitanu has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kitanu.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitanu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,573,888th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Kitanu live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 18 people.

Kitanu is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 636,893. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kitangu92378/
Kaitanu9214/
Kitanou9210/
Kitanui921/
Kitainui8682/
Kitanous862/
Kittanut861/
Khaitanu861/
Kitenu83147/
Kitonu8356/
Kutanu8321/
Ketanu834/
Kheitanou801/
Kaithangu801/
Kaitangou801/
Chitanu77833/
Kitongu77116/
Caitanu7795/
Kitenou772/
Ketanau771/
Chitanhu7149/
Chitanau7129/
Caiteanu7110/
Koitonou711/
Chittanu711/
Khetanou711/
Khetanau711/
Kethangu711/
Ketenu6749/
Ketonu6723/
Kutonu6711/
Chitthanu674/
Kutenu673/
Cetanu671/
Ketonou6236/
Ketenuj621/
Khetonu621/
Cetanau621/
Chitonu621/
Ketounou571,706/
Chetanui571/
Ketonnou571/
Ketounnou5328/
Kheatanoo531/

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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 Kitanu
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