Chigoziem Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Chigoziem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chigoziem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

Chigoziem (477) may also be a first name.

Chigoziem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chigoziem is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chigoziem.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigoziem? popularity and diffusion

Chigoziem is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Chigoziem reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 389,495th most common first name globally, borne by 477 people.

Chigoziem is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 38 percent reside, Lagos, where 38 percent reside and Rivers, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chigozim946/
Chigozem944/
Chighaziem849/
Chigozhin7819/
Chigozhina749/
Chigasim713/
Chaigasem671/
Gigozin6313/
Higazin634/
Shigazimova607/
Chugasem593/
Khaigogin561/
Hegazin5014/

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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
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  • 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 Chigoziem
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