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
Chigome occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigome? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chigome is the 265,393rd most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,944,061 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigome are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 881 people, or 1 in 17,524. In Zimbabwe Chigome is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 36 percent live, Midlands Province, where 23 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 15 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 23 percent live and Tanzania, where 15 percent live.
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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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