Chigasa Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Chigasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 235 | 1:65,695 | 9,890 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Chigasa (13) may also be a first name.
Chigasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigasa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigasa? popularity and diffusion
Chigasa is the 1,041,601st most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigasa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name in the world, held by 13 people.
Chigasa is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 65,695. In Zimbabwe Chigasa is most prevalent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 84 percent live, Harare Province, where 14 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 0 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chigasha | 93 | 25 | / |
| Chingasa | 93 | 2 | / |
| Chigatsa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Higasa | 92 | 89 | / |
| Cigasa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Chingaisa | 88 | 8 | / |
| Chigaza | 86 | 116 | / |
| Hingasa | 86 | 6 | / |
| Chigesa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chigosa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chigatse | 80 | 166 | / |
| Chigashi | 80 | 44 | / |
| Chingaza | 80 | 7 | / |
| Chigatsi | 80 | 7 | / |
| Shigasia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shingasa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chigausi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sigasa | 77 | 2,444 | / |
| Higasi | 77 | 63 | / |
| Higase | 77 | 15 | / |
| Kigasa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gigasa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chengasai | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chaigasit | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chingause | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chingashi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tshingasa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chigasieh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chengasha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Higashi | 71 | 160,384 | / |
| Hingase | 71 | 392 | / |
| Chigeza | 71 | 363 | / |
| Hingosa | 71 | 134 | / |
| Hingaso | 71 | 75 | / |
| Kigasia | 71 | 75 | / |
| Chigeso | 71 | 73 | / |
| Chigoza | 71 | 30 | / |
| Higarza | 71 | 14 | / |
| Kigasha | 71 | 8 | / |
| Shegasa | 71 | 7 | / |
| Khigasi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sigasha | 71 | 5 | / |
| Heigasi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Higazay | 71 | 4 | / |
| Seigasa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chigazi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chigazo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chegesa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Higazia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kigassa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Higgosa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tsigasa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Higasgi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chigoso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chigosi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chigaze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chingoza | 67 | 174 | / |
| Chigocha | 67 | 135 | / |
| Hinggosa | 67 | 97 | / |
| Higashie | 67 | 29 | / |
| Hingashe | 67 | 17 | / |
| Chigotso | 67 | 12 | / |
| Haigasou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Higashii | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chigozia | 67 | 5 | / |
| Highashi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hiegashi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chigozha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sigatsha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chaigosi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shingosa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heigashi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kigaasha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chigosho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chigezha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chigajoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chigesho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chingoso | 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 Chigasa
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