Kitaw Surname

63,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,911 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Kitaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kitaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia7,8881:12,3661,801
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Kitaw (14,131) may also be a first name.

Kitaw Last Name Facts

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

Kitaw occurs most in Ethiopia. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitaw? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 63,322nd most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 921,191 people. The surname Kitaw occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitaw live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 48,308th most common given name in the world It is held by 14,131 people.

The surname is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 7,888 people, or 1 in 12,366. Excluding Ethiopia this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and The Philippines, where 0 percent live.

Kitaw Last Name Statistics demography

Kitaw earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kitawe9149/
Kittaw911/
Kiteawe8327/
Ketaw8022/
Kitav8016/
Kitow8011/
Kutaw802/
Kitova733,950/
Kittow73246/
Kitowa73190/
Kistow73175/
Kitowe7329/
Kitaif7316/
Kaitav735/
Kiotav733/
Kittaf732/
Khitav732/
Kettaw731/
Kittav731/
Kihtab731/
Kitaiv731/
Kitaub731/
Chitaw731/
Kaitova67918/
Khitova67133/
Kiotova6757/
Kishtow6710/
Kaithav675/
Kistafe674/
Kittova674/
Khithab672/
Khitahb671/
Kitahab671/
Keitova671/

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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 Kitaw
  • 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