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.

DNA test information

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 is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitemwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,006,539th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. The surname Kitemwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitemwe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 251 people, or 1 in 210,923. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 65 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 33 percent live and Mara Region, where 0 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found 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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