Chigota Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Chigota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 87 | 1:177,451 | 21,452 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Chigota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigota is found most in Zimbabwe. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chigota.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigota? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,955,159th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigota live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chigota is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 177,451. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 40 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 20 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 4 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 Chigota
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