Chigada Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Chigada Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 230 | 1:67,123 | 10,073 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Chigada (49) may also be a first name.
Chigada Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigada Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigada is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigada? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chigada is the 1,032,007th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chigada are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chigada is also the 1,430,306th most widespread first name globally, borne by 49 people.
The surname Chigada is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 230 people, or 1 in 67,123. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Harare Province, where 40 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 27 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent are found and Malawi, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Chigada
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