Shitawa Surname
Approximately 635 people bear this surname
Shitawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 582 | 1:79,347 | 7,351 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Shitawa (138) may also be a first name.
Shitawa Demographics
Shitawa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shitawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shitawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shitawa has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shitawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 514,102nd most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,476,450 people. Shitawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shitawa reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Shitawa is also the 787,636th most common first name globally, borne by 138 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 582 people, or 1 in 79,347. In Kenya Shitawa is most common in: Kakamega County, where 84 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 13 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found. Besides Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Shitawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Shitawa
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