Sitawu Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Sitawu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sitawu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Sitawu (3) may also be a first name.

Sitawu Last Name Facts

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

Sitawu is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sitawu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sitawu is the 10,311,814th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Sitawu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sitawu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sitawu is also the 7,463,778th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 3 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa Sitawu is most common in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 50 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent live.

Sitawu Last Name Statistics demography

Sitawu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.22% less than the national average, earning R 68,388 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sithawu922/
Sithawut864/
Sitewu838/
Sitabu835/
Chitawu77482/
Siteavu7783/
Saitabu774/
Shitavu773/
Sithavu773/
Sitabau771/
Citawut771/
Saitabau713,925/
Settawut716/
Saitabui711/
Settawud711/
Soitabau711/
Seitabau711/
Setavu679/
Setabu674/
Gitabu673/
Chittawut672/
Chaitawut672/
Chaitawau671/
Seethawut671/
Sedthawut671/
Sitovu671/
Getawu671/
Shittabui671/

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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 Sitawu
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