Chigaba Surname
Approximately 1,092 people bear this surname
Chigaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 963 | 1:16,031 | 2,316 |
| Zambia | 110 | 1:144,090 | 10,468 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Chigaba (47) may also be a first name.
Chigaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigaba occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigaba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 337,263rd most numerous family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 6,673,577 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigaba live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 47 people.
The surname Chigaba is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 963 people, or 1 in 16,031. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 40 percent reside, Harare Province, where 20 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe Chigaba exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, 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 Chigaba
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