Chigava Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Chigava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 236 | 1:65,416 | 9,847 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chigava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigava is found most in Zimbabwe. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,038,570th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The last name Chigava is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigava are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 236 people, or 1 in 65,416. In Zimbabwe Chigava is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 36 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 32 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Chigava
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