Kitawu Surname
Approximately 367 people bear this surname
Kitawu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 363 | 1:107,546 | 10,568 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Kitawu (27) may also be a first name.
Kitawu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitawu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kitawu is found most in Uganda. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitawu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 773,729th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 19,857,073 people. The surname Kitawu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitawu live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 27 people.
This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 363 people, or 1 in 107,546. In Uganda it is most common in: Kamuli District, where 16 percent live, Mayuge District, where 15 percent live and Kibuku District, where 14 percent live. Apart from Uganda Kitawu is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitawuh | 92 | 5 | / |
| Kitaawu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kitavu | 83 | 87 | / |
| Kitewu | 83 | 53 | / |
| Ketawu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Chitawu | 77 | 482 | / |
| Kaitabu | 77 | 126 | / |
| Kaitavu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Keitabu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khaithawut | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kitovu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kitevu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ketowu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kutowu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kitobu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kutewu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ketavu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ketowou | 62 | 33 | / |
| Chitavu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Koitovu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Chitowu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kitowoo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ketaabu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Khutavau | 57 | 2 | / |
| Kitovush | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kutevu | 50 | 64 | / |
| Ketevu | 50 | 22 | / |
| Kutovu | 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 Kitawu
- 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