Loitu Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Loitu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 136 | 1:389,277 | 27,871 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
Loitu (109) may also be a first name.
Loitu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loitu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Loitu is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Loitu? popularity and diffusion
Loitu is the 1,504,764th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Loitu are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 900,062nd most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 109 people.
Loitu is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 389,277. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Arusha Region, where 96 percent are found and Manyara Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Loitu
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