Chigba Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Chigba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 142 | 1:1,247,484 | 49,911 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
Chigba (129) may also be a first name.
Chigba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigba is found most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigba? popularity and diffusion
Chigba is the 1,321,499th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. Chigba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigba live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chigba is also the 818,356th most commonly used forename on earth, held by 129 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 1,247,484. In Nigeria Chigba is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 79 percent are found, Rivers, where 15 percent are found and Abia, where 4 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 16 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 Chigba
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