Kitavu Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Kitavu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 86 | 1:536,976 | 26,431 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kitavu (40) may also be a first name.
Kitavu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitavu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kitavu is found most in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitavu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,007,164th most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Kitavu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitavu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kitavu is also the 1,614,485th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 40 people.
The last name Kitavu is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 536,976. In Kenya Kitavu is mostly found in: Makueni County, where 99 percent reside and Machakos County, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaitavu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kitawu | 83 | 367 | / |
| Kitovu | 83 | 6 | / |
| Kitevu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ketavu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kaitabu | 77 | 126 | / |
| Kitawuh | 77 | 5 | / |
| Chitavu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kitaawu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Keitabu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Koitovu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khutavau | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kitovush | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kutevu | 67 | 64 | / |
| Kitewu | 67 | 53 | / |
| Ketevu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ketawu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kutovu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kitobu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khaithawut | 63 | 4 | / |
| Chitawu | 62 | 482 | / |
| Khetevu | 62 | 3 | / |
| Ketaabu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Khethevu | 57 | 9 | / |
| Chitovhu | 57 | 7 | / |
| Kutewu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kutowu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ketowu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kitavu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis