Chigango Surname

330,363rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chigango Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chigango Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe8321:18,5562,737
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
Zambia311:511,28822,588
England141:3,979,861125,553
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

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

The surname Chigango occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigango? popularity and diffusion

The last name Chigango is the 330,363rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 6,500,933 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chigango reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chigango is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 14 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 832 people, or 1 in 18,556. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 68 percent are found, Harare Province, where 11 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 21 percent are found and Zambia, where 3 percent are found.

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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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