Chigaya Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Chigaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 30 | 1:528,331 | 22,995 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chigaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigaya is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigaya reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 528,331. In Zambia Chigaya is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 97 percent are found and Central Province, where 3 percent are found. Barring Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent are found and Malawi, where 9 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 Chigaya
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