Kitwe Surname
Approximately 1,138 people bear this surname
Kitwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 949 | 1:55,787 | 6,089 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Zambia | 13 | 1:1,219,225 | 30,856 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kitwe (38) may also be a first name.
Kitwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kitwe is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 326,564th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,403,819 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitwe live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 38 people.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 949 people, or 1 in 55,787. In Tanzania Kitwe is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 91 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 5 percent reside and Njombe Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitwet | 91 | 85 | / |
| Koitwe | 91 | 6 | / |
| Kaitwe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kitwej | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kitwei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kitwee | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kiotwe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kitw | 89 | 3 | / |
| Kitwech | 83 | 6 | / |
| Kittwee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kitwa | 80 | 45,073 | / |
| Kidwe | 80 | 404 | / |
| Kitwi | 80 | 66 | / |
| Kitue | 80 | 31 | / |
| Ketwe | 80 | 31 | / |
| Kutwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kyotwe | 73 | 493 | / |
| Kaitwa | 73 | 247 | / |
| Kithue | 73 | 153 | / |
| Kitwai | 73 | 105 | / |
| Kithwa | 73 | 95 | / |
| Kitwit | 73 | 91 | / |
| Chitwe | 73 | 51 | / |
| Kitwaa | 73 | 34 | / |
| Kaitue | 73 | 12 | / |
| Kitwii | 73 | 11 | / |
| Ketwei | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ketwet | 73 | 8 | / |
| Ketwej | 73 | 7 | / |
| Kitw'a | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kitway | 73 | 4 | / |
| Keitwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kitwis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kituea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kitwyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keatwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kittue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kidweu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khetwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuitwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kitwaya | 67 | 35 | / |
| Ketw | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ketwech | 67 | 3 | / |
| Keitoue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chihtwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chitwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ketwest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaithwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kittoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keetwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuttwee | 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 Kitwe
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