Chigadula Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chigadula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chigadula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4181:40,9555,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Chigadula Last Name Facts

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

Chigadula is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chigadula click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigadula? popularity and diffusion

The last name Chigadula is the 701,000th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. Chigadula is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigadula reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Chigadula is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Besides Malawi this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chigadule896/
Chigadulli8414/
Sigadula82247/
Chigadaulli801/
Chigadoli7826/
Chigodola784/
Chigadole781/
Sigadhula781/
Chigadolli74339/
Chigadolle741/
Chigadholli701/
Hegadole5912/

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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 Chigadula
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