Chigapa Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Chigapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 65 | 1:237,511 | 26,018 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Chigapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigapa is most common in Zimbabwe. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigapa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chigapa is the 2,352,516th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Chigapa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chigapa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chigapa is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 237,511. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 40 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 31 percent are found and Harare Province, where 26 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chingapa | 93 | 947 | / |
| Higapa | 92 | 21 | / |
| Chingaipa | 88 | 50 | / |
| Chengapa | 80 | 31 | / |
| Chingapi | 80 | 8 | / |
| Chegappa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Shigappa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sigapa | 77 | 25 | / |
| Cigapo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gigapa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chingaipe | 75 | 2,807 | / |
| Chengappa | 75 | 626 | / |
| Chingaipi | 75 | 6 | / |
| Shingappa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chhegappa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chigope | 71 | 10 | / |
| Sigapoa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Hingape | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sigapat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chingaaipe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sigappa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chengapo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sighappa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heggappa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chingope | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chigapa
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