Chigemezu Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Chigemezu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chigemezu (727) may also be a first name.
Chigemezu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigemezu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigemezu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigemezu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,661,929th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chigemezu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chigemezu is also the 305,933rd most frequent first name in the world It is held by 727 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 3,406,592. In Nigeria Chigemezu is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 62 percent reside, Rivers, where 21 percent reside and Lagos, where 8 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chigaemezu | 95 | 63 | / |
| Chigeamezu | 95 | 3 | / |
| Chigemzu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chigaemeizu | 90 | 1 | / |
| Chighiemezu | 90 | 1 | / |
| Chigamezu | 89 | 8 | / |
| Chygemezu | 89 | 5 | / |
| Chigemezi | 89 | 3 | / |
| Chigemezo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chiegamezu | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chigemezie | 84 | 1 | / |
| Shigemasu | 67 | 43 | / |
| Higuemitsu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shigemas | 59 | 2 | / |
| Shigemasa | 56 | 2,106 | / |
| Chigiamusoe | 50 | 9 | / |
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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 Chigemezu
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