Chigira Surname
Approximately 976 people bear this surname
Chigira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 950 | 1:134,573 | 7,145 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Chigira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigira (Russian: Чигира) has its highest incidence in Japan. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 368,594th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,466,748 people. The surname Chigira occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Chigira are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.
The surname Chigira is most widely held in Japan, where it is borne by 950 people, or 1 in 134,573. In Japan it is mostly found in: Gunma Prefecture, where 61 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 22 percent are found and Saitama Prefecture, where 12 percent are found. Beside Japan Chigira is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent are found and The Philippines, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chigira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chigira in the Russian language | ||
| Чигира | cigira | - |
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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
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- 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 Chigira
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