Chigiya Surname
Approximately 1,255 people bear this surname
Chigiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,250 | 1:12,351 | 1,641 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chigiya (23) may also be a first name.
Chigiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigiya (Hindi: चिगिया) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chigiya is the 302,457th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,806,809 people. The last name Chigiya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigiya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 23 people.
The surname Chigiya is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 1,250 people, or 1 in 12,351. In Zimbabwe Chigiya is most numerous in: Mashonaland West Province, where 28 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 19 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chigiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chigiya in the Hindi language | ||
| चिगिया | cigiya | - |
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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 Chigiya
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