Chighane Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Chighane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
Chighane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chighane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chighane has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chighane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chighane reside; 63 percent reside in Central Africa and 63 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon Chighane is most frequent in: West Region, where 90 percent live and Centre Region, where 10 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 38 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 Chighane
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