Chigowe Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
Chigowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 494 | 1:31,251 | 4,826 |
| Zambia | 61 | 1:259,835 | 15,508 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chigowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigowe is found most in Zimbabwe. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chigowe.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigowe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 565,867th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,036,755 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigowe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 494 people, or 1 in 31,251. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 21 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 21 percent live and Midlands Province, where 16 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe Chigowe exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 11 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.
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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 Chigowe
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