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) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chigga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Chigga live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chigga is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 15 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 3,114,213. In Tanzania it is most common in: Tanga Region, where 53 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 24 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 24 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent live and Niger, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chigga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chigga in the Hindi language | ||
| चिग्गा | cigga | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis