Chigoma Surname
Approximately 1,370 people bear this surname
Chigoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 732 | 1:23,387 | 3,582 |
| Zimbabwe | 353 | 1:43,734 | 6,735 |
| Zambia | 178 | 1:89,045 | 7,373 |
| Tanzania | 91 | 1:581,776 | 36,762 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chigoma (35) may also be a first name.
Chigoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigoma occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigoma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chigoma is the 281,605th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,319,377 people. The last name Chigoma is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigoma live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 35 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 23,387. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent reside and Zambia, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Chigoma
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