Chigoya Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Chigoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 230 | 1:67,123 | 10,073 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Chigoya (39) may also be a first name.
Chigoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigoya is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chigoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,035,555th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chigoya reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chigoya is also the 1,637,361st most common first name internationally It is held by 39 people.
The surname Chigoya is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 230 people, or 1 in 67,123. In Zimbabwe Chigoya is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 32 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 26 percent reside and Harare Province, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe Chigoya exists in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent reside and The United States, 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 Chigoya
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