Kitha Surname
Approximately 4,469 people bear this surname
Kitha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 3,843 | 1:4,455 | 618 |
| India | 427 | 1:1,796,406 | 63,878 |
| Tanzania | 101 | 1:524,174 | 34,222 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kitha (296) may also be a first name.
Kitha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kitha (Arabic: كيثا, Hindi: कीठा, Oriya: କିଥା) occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kitha.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 104,894th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,630,688 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Kitha live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kitha is also the 512,632nd most common given name in the world It is held by 296 people.
This surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 3,843 people, or 1 in 4,455. Outside of Malawi this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kitha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kitha in the Hindi language | ||
| कीठा | kitha | 66.67 |
| किथा | kitha | 11.11 |
| केता | keta | 11.11 |
| कीथा | kitha | 11.11 |
| Kitha in the Oriya language | ||
| କିଥା | kitha | 50 |
| କାଠ | katha | 50 |
| Kitha in the Arabic language | ||
| كيثا | kytha | - |
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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
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- 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 Kitha
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