Kitawa Surname

698,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 422 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kitawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kitawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2841:162,60512,666
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kitawa (161) may also be a first name.

Kitawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kitawa occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 698,433rd most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. The last name Kitawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kitawa live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kitawa is also the 722,635th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 161 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 284 people, or 1 in 162,605. In Kenya Kitawa is most frequent in: Taita Taveta County, where 96 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found. Barring Kenya Kitawa exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.

Kitawa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Kitawa
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