Chigaye Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Chigaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Chigaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigaye is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigaye live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 671,228. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 96 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 4 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 4 percent live.
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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 Chigaye
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