Chigala Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Chigala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chigala (255) may also be a first name.
Chigala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigala (Marathi: चीगळा, Oriya: ଚିଗଲା) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,785,358th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chigala reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 557,860th most common first name at a global level It is held by 255 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria Chigala is primarily found in: Rivers, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 37 percent reside and Malawi, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chigala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chigala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚିଗଲା | cigala | - |
| Chigala in the Marathi language | ||
| चीगळा | cigala | 50 |
| चीगला | cigala | 50 |
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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 Chigala
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