Chigiga Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Chigiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 125 | 1:123,506 | 16,570 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Chigiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigiga is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigiga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,537,949th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. Chigiga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Chigiga live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 123,506. In Zimbabwe Chigiga is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 68 percent live, Midlands Province, where 16 percent live and Harare Province, where 10 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chingiga | 93 | 22 | / |
| Chigaigai | 88 | 18 | / |
| Chinngiga | 88 | 13 | / |
| Chiguga | 86 | 183 | / |
| Chigega | 86 | 55 | / |
| Chisiga | 86 | 8 | / |
| Chigigi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Chijiga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chengiga | 80 | 10 | / |
| Caigigas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kigiga | 77 | 9 | / |
| Hegiga | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jigiga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hisiga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sigiga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chichinga | 75 | 25 | / |
| Chizhinga | 75 | 17 | / |
| Kigigha | 71 | 388 | / |
| Chigege | 71 | 25 | / |
| Chegega | 71 | 9 | / |
| Chigego | 71 | 5 | / |
| Chicigo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tchegaigai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saigiga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chisega | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cizigas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hijigai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Higaigo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chingege | 67 | 5 | / |
| Highighi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chichiga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khichiga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keigeiga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chiseega | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gichigai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chigiga
- 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