Chiganga Surname
Approximately 1,093 people bear this surname
Chiganga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 846 | 1:62,579 | 6,689 |
| Zimbabwe | 239 | 1:64,595 | 9,717 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Chiganga (112) may also be a first name.
Chiganga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiganga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiganga is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiganga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 337,050th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 6,667,471 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiganga reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Chiganga is also the 885,979th most widely held first name globally, borne by 112 people.
The surname Chiganga is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 846 people, or 1 in 62,579. In Tanzania Chiganga is mostly concentrated in: Mara Region, where 66 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 19 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Chiganga exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent live and Malawi, where 0 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 Chiganga
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