Chigoda Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Chigoda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 115 | 1:460,362 | 31,974 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
Chigoda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigoda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigoda (Marathi: चीगोडा) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigoda? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,497,948th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. Chigoda occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Chigoda live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 460,362. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Pwani Region, where 96 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 3 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 12 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chigoda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chigoda in the Marathi language | ||
| चीगोडा | cigoda | - |
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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 Chigoda
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