Kitemwe Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kitemwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kitemwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2511:210,92317,752
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kitemwe Last Name Facts

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

Kitemwe occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitemwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kitemwe is the 1,006,539th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitemwe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 251 people, or 1 in 210,923. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mtwara Region, where 65 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 33 percent live and Mara Region, where 0 percent live. Barring Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kitemwa865/
Kitamwe864/
Chitemwe8082/
Kuitembe804/
Kitembey801/
Kemhwe771/
Kitembi7127/
Kisimwe712/
Ketomwe711/
Kemve671/
Quitembe671/
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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 Kitemwe
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