Chigumbu Surname

205,095th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,024 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chigumbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chigumbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,8841:8,194959
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England21:27,859,030389,889
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Chigumbu (80) may also be a first name.

Chigumbu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chigumbu occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigumbu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 205,095th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 3,600,566 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigumbu are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,075,395th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 80 people.

This surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,884 people, or 1 in 8,194. In Zimbabwe Chigumbu is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 20 percent reside, Harare Province, where 18 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 14 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Chigumbu Last Name Statistics demography

Chigumbu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.52% more than the national average, earning R 445,608 per year.

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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 Chigumbu
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