Chagga Surname
Approximately 461 people bear this surname
Chagga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 407 | 1:435,240 | 22,419 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Chagga (128) may also be a first name.
Chagga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chagga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chagga (Hindi: चग्गा) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chagga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 654,010th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,808,126 people. Chagga is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chagga reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chagga is also the 821,896th most common first name world-wide It is held by 128 people.
Chagga is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 407 people, or 1 in 435,240. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Nasarawa, where 62 percent reside, Plateau, where 17 percent reside and Kaduna, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 5 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chagga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chagga in the Hindi language | ||
| चग्गा | cagga | 50 |
| हांगा | hanga | 25 |
| छग्गा | chagga | 25 |
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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
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- 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 Chagga
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