Chigga Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Chigga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Chigga (15) may also be a first name.
Chigga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigga (Hindi: चिग्गा) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chigga.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chigga is the 3,957,383rd most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Chigga reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 68 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 3,114,213. In Tanzania Chigga is primarily concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 53 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 24 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 24 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent reside and Niger, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chigga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chigga in the Hindi language | ||
| चिग्गा | cigga | - |
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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 Chigga
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