Chagunda Surname

99,999th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,728 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chagunda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chagunda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4,3131:3,969544
Zimbabwe3741:41,2796,376
Mozambique251:1,090,4631,880
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Chagunda (11) may also be a first name.

Chagunda Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chagunda occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chagunda? popularity and diffusion

Chagunda is the 99,999th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,541,359 people. Chagunda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chagunda live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chagunda is also the 3,487,849th most numerous forename throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 4,313 people, or 1 in 3,969. Not including Malawi Chagunda exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent reside and Mozambique, where 1 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
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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 Chagunda
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