Chigongo Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chigongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chigongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1891:280,11421,957
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Chigongo (92) may also be a first name.

Chigongo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chigongo occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chigongo.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigongo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,177,228th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. The last name is predominantly 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. Chigongo is also the 992,070th most frequent first name globally, borne by 92 people.

Chigongo is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 189 people, or 1 in 280,114. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 90 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 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 Chigongo
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