Chigame Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Chigame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 82 | 1:188,271 | 22,304 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Chigame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigame occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chigame is the 2,061,309th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigame are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chigame is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 188,271. In Zimbabwe Chigame is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 48 percent are found, Harare Province, where 30 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe Chigame is found in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Chigame
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