Shitenge Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Shitenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 174 | 1:304,262 | 23,403 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shitenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shitenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shitenge occurs most in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shitenge? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,276,805th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. Shitenge is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shitenge reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 304,262. In Tanzania Shitenge is mostly concentrated in: Geita Region, where 93 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 5 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Shitenge occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Shitenge
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