Chigane Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Chigane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chigane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻘﺎﻥ, Marathi: िचगाने) is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Chigane live; 50 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Luso-South America.
Chigane is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 30,582,047. In Brazil it is most common in: Minas Gerais, where 71 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 14 percent live and São Paulo, where 14 percent live. Other than Brazil this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent live and Japan, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chigane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chigane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻘﺎﻥ | shqan | - |
| Chigane in the Marathi language | ||
| िचगाने | icagane | - |
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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 Chigane
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