Chigama Surname
Approximately 1,077 people bear this surname
Chigama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 841 | 1:18,357 | 2,709 |
| Zambia | 196 | 1:80,867 | 6,857 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chigama Demographics
Average Chigama Salary in
United States
$16,958 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chigama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigama is most common in Zimbabwe. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 341,074th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 6,766,524 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chigama live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 841 people, or 1 in 18,357. In Zimbabwe Chigama is primarily concentrated in: Harare Province, where 30 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 26 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 18 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Chigama Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Chigama earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 34.77% less than the national average, earning $14,807,800 COP per year and in United States they earn 60.7% less than the national average, earning $16,958 USD per year.
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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 Chigama
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