Chighen Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Chighen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Chighen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chighen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chighen has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chighen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Chighen occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Chighen live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon Chighen is mostly found in: West Region, where 92 percent live and Littoral Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 7 percent live and Spain, where 7 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 Chighen
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