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
Chigba occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,321,499th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname Chigba is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigba are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chigba is also the 818,356th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 129 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 1,247,484. In Nigeria Chigba is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 79 percent reside, Rivers, where 15 percent reside and Abia, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Chigba occurs in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 16 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 Chigba
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