Chigona Surname
Approximately 3,944 people bear this surname
Chigona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 3,189 | 1:5,368 | 756 |
| Zimbabwe | 395 | 1:39,084 | 6,048 |
| Tanzania | 345 | 1:153,454 | 13,882 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chigona (19) may also be a first name.
Chigona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigona has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigona? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chigona is the 116,821st most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,847,755 people. The last name Chigona is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigona are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 19 people.
It is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 3,189 people, or 1 in 5,368. Other than Malawi this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside and Tanzania, where 9 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 Chigona
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