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 borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chigaya is the 2,843,861st most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigaya are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Chigaya is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 528,331. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 97 percent reside and Central Province, where 3 percent reside. Besides Zambia Chigaya occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent reside and Malawi, where 9 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 Chigaya
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