Chigana Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Chigana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Chigana (10) may also be a first name.
Chigana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigana (Bengali: চিগনা, Hindi: चिगाना, Oriya: େମେହର) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. Chigana occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigana live; 57 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name internationally, held by 10 people.
This last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,286,520. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 83 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 8 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 8 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 33 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chigana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chigana in the Bengali language | ||
| চিগনা | cigana | - |
| Chigana in the Hindi language | ||
| चिगाना | cigana | - |
| Chigana in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେହର | emehara | 50 |
| ଚିଗାନା | cigana | 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 Chigana
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