Witika Surname

225,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,802 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Witika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witika Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1,1741:13,5011,550
Malawi3661:46,7746,615
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Indonesia701:1,889,274120,273
New Zealand651:69,66710,483
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Iceland21:190,0456,825
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Witika (318) may also be a first name.

Witika Last Name Facts

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

The surname Witika is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Witika? popularity and diffusion

The surname Witika is the 225,517th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 4,044,143 people. The surname Witika is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Witika are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Witika is also the 492,367th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 318 people.

Witika is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 1,174 people, or 1 in 13,501. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent reside and Central Province, where 19 percent reside. Beside Zambia it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 20 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.

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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 Witika
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