Chigango Surname
Approximately 1,121 people bear this surname
Chigango Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 832 | 1:18,556 | 2,737 |
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Zambia | 31 | 1:511,288 | 22,588 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Chigango (14) may also be a first name.
Chigango Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigango Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigango occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chigango.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigango? popularity and diffusion
Chigango is the 330,363rd most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 6,500,933 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chigango are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chigango is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 14 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 832 people, or 1 in 18,556. In Zimbabwe Chigango is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 68 percent live, Harare Province, where 11 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 21 percent live and Zambia, where 3 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 Chigango
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