Chigonda Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chigonda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chigonda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1101:140,34818,198
England91:6,190,895170,599
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chigonda Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chigonda Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chigonda occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigonda? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,637,889th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. The last name Chigonda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Chigonda reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 140,348. In Zimbabwe Chigonda is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 49 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 33 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 15 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Chigonda
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