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
The surname Kitha (Arabic: كيثا, Hindi: कीठा, Oriya: କିଥା) is most common in Malawi. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 104,894th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,630,688 people. Kitha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Kitha reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 512,632nd most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 296 people.
Kitha is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is carried by 3,843 people, or 1 in 4,455. Excluding Malawi this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.
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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