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 occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigome? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 265,393rd most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,944,061 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigome reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 881 people, or 1 in 17,524. In Zimbabwe Chigome is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 36 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 23 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it is found 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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