Shitindi Surname
Approximately 6,500 people bear this surname
Shitindi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6,419 | 1:8,248 | 1,079 |
| Zambia | 52 | 1:304,806 | 17,055 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Shitindi (11) may also be a first name.
Shitindi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shitindi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shitindi is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shitindi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 75,504th most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,121,161 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shitindi are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Shitindi is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname Shitindi is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 6,419 people, or 1 in 8,248. In Tanzania Shitindi is mostly found in: Songwe Region, where 59 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 25 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 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 Shitindi
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