Kitema Surname
Approximately 3,356 people bear this surname
Kitema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,513 | 1:30,522 | 3,354 |
| DR Congo | 1,115 | 1:66,260 | 7,815 |
| Tanzania | 674 | 1:78,548 | 8,091 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kitema (737) may also be a first name.
Kitema Demographics
Kitema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kitema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kitema is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kitema click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 134,197th most prevalent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 2,171,498 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitema live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 303,201st most commonly used given name internationally, borne by 737 people.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,513 people, or 1 in 30,522. In Kenya it is most common in: Kitui County, where 37 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 17 percent are found and Machakos County, where 16 percent are found. Not including Kenya this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found and Tanzania, where 20 percent are found.
Kitema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (96%) 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 Kitema
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