Where Does The Last Name Chigongo Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Chigongo is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigongo? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Chigongo is the 1,177,228^th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigongo are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070^th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 92 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 280,114. In Tanzania Chigongo is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 90 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.