Chigayo Surname
Approximately 1,964 people bear this surname
Chigayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,271 | 1:12,147 | 1,613 |
| Malawi | 654 | 1:26,176 | 3,951 |
| Zambia | 30 | 1:528,331 | 22,995 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chigayo (92) may also be a first name.
Chigayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigayo is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigayo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 210,207th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 3,710,563 people. The last name Chigayo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigayo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 92 people.
The last name Chigayo is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,271 people, or 1 in 12,147. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 22 percent reside, Harare Province, where 19 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 18 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe Chigayo occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 33 percent reside and Zambia, where 2 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
- 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 Chigayo
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