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 occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigada? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,032,007th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chigada reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 49 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 230 people, or 1 in 67,123. In Zimbabwe Chigada is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 40 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 27 percent live and Midlands Province, where 15 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and Malawi, where 2 percent live.
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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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