Chaligwa Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Chaligwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chaligwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaligwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chaligwa is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chaligwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaligwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Chaligwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chaligwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 3,962,480. In Zambia Chaligwa is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 20 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 Chaligwa
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