Chigera Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Chigera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chigera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigera occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Chigera click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigera? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Chigera occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigera reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 43 percent are found, Lagos, where 29 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 14 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 33 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 8 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 Chigera
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