Shitakhwa Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Shitakhwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shitakhwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1131:408,67222,682

Shitakhwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shitakhwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shitakhwa is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shitakhwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shitakhwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,718,748th most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shitakhwa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Shitakhwa is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 408,672. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 97 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 1 percent are found and Kiambu County, where 1 percent are found.

Shitakhwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shitakwa941,247/
Shitekhwa891/
Sitakwa88108/
Setakwa751/
Sitokhwe7112/
Shestakva672/
Sithokhwe671/
Sitokwo631/
Sethokwa594/
Settachua561/
Sethachuay5310/
Seethachua534/
Settachuea533/
Settachuay532/
Setthachua531/
Setthachuea5015/
Setthachuae502/
Setakve501/

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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 Shitakhwa
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