Kitenja Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Kitenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kitenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kitenja occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kitenja.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitenja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitenja reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 4,072,432. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 69 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 31 percent live. Beside Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 36 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitenya | 86 | 175 | / |
| Kitenza | 86 | 21 | / |
| Kitenje | 86 | 16 | / |
| Kitenji | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kitensa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kitengejja | 82 | 107 | / |
| Kitengia | 80 | 21 | / |
| Kithenya | 80 | 9 | / |
| Kitienya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kithenji | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chitenja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kitindja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kisenjja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kissenja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kainja | 77 | 2,791 | / |
| Khenja | 77 | 3 | / |
| Khinja | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kuinja | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kutteenja | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kitenge | 71 | 92,256 | / |
| Kitinya | 71 | 2,059 | / |
| Khainja | 71 | 107 | / |
| Kitenye | 71 | 43 | / |
| Kuindja | 71 | 40 | / |
| Keindja | 71 | 32 | / |
| Kitania | 71 | 20 | / |
| Kutenia | 71 | 16 | / |
| Kainjah | 71 | 15 | / |
| Kitenso | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kisenza | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ketenia | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kutonja | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kicinja | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kitonia | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kitinsa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Khinjai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kitigna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kainjja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ketenya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kithinji | 67 | 21,890 | / |
| Chitenje | 67 | 3,127 | / |
| Kaitenge | 67 | 367 | / |
| Chitenji | 67 | 137 | / |
| Kithania | 67 | 100 | / |
| Ketienya | 67 | 41 | / |
| Kithenge | 67 | 32 | / |
| Kuthinja | 67 | 29 | / |
| Kuhtenia | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kittania | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kitienye | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kithonjo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kuttynja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kittinya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kitingia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kittonia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaytonja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kittinia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kittnsay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kistenyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chitenza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kithonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kitengee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kittenge | 67 | 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 Kitenja
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