Chandiga Surname

66,447th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,502 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Chandiga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chandiga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda7,4911:5,211946
India91:85,229,487684,495
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Chandiga (81) may also be a first name.

Chandiga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chandiga has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chandiga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 66,447th most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 971,414 people. The surname Chandiga is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chandiga reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Chandiga is also the 1,068,082nd most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 81 people.

It is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 7,491 people, or 1 in 5,211. In Uganda Chandiga is most prevalent in: Yumbe District, where 30 percent reside, Adjumani District, where 27 percent reside and Moyo District, where 17 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 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 Chandiga
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