Chigome Surname
Approximately 1,474 people bear this surname
Chigome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 881 | 1:17,524 | 2,560 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Tanzania | 224 | 1:236,346 | 19,344 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
Chigome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigome is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chigome.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigome? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 265,393rd most widespread family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,944,061 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigome reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Chigome is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 881 people, or 1 in 17,524. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 36 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 23 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 23 percent reside and Tanzania, where 15 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
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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 Chigome
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