Chigha Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Chigha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Chigha (52) may also be a first name.
Chigha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigha is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Chigha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigha? popularity and diffusion
Chigha is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Chigha reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chigha is also the 1,381,723rd most widely held first name on earth, borne by 52 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Chigha is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 50 percent live and Delta, where 50 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 20 percent live and France, where 20 percent live.
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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 Chigha
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