Chigali Surname
Approximately 355 people bear this surname
Chigali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 305 | 1:51,967 | 4,858 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chigali (82) may also be a first name.
Chigali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigali Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigali (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻐﺎﻟﻰ, Marathi: िचगली) is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigali? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 793,288th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Chigali live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most frequent first name globally, held by 82 people.
The surname Chigali is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 51,967. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 70 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 15 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Zambia this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chigali Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chigali in the Marathi language | ||
| िचगली | icagali | - |
| Chigali in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻐﺎﻟﻰ | shghaly | 40 |
| ﺷﻐﺎﻝ | shghal | 20 |
| ﺷﻘﺎﻟﻲ | shqaly | 20 |
| ﺷﻘﺎﻝ | shqal | 20 |
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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 Chigali
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