Chiganda Surname
Approximately 718 people bear this surname
Chiganda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 222 | 1:69,542 | 10,367 |
| Zambia | 53 | 1:299,055 | 16,868 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chiganda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiganda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiganda is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chiganda.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiganda? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 468,258th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,149,785 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiganda reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Chiganda is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Outside of Malawi Chiganda exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 31 percent live and Zambia, where 7 percent live.
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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 Chiganda
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