Chigere Surname
Approximately 833 people bear this surname
Chigere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 520 | 1:340,659 | 18,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 300 | 1:51,461 | 7,829 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chigere (75) may also be a first name.
Chigere Demographics
Chigere Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Chigere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigere is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 417,348th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 8,748,555 people. The surname Chigere occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigere are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chigere is also the 1,116,575th most numerous first name internationally, held by 75 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 520 people, or 1 in 340,659. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 20 percent reside, Lagos, where 19 percent reside and Rivers, where 15 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 36 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Chigere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Chigere
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