Chigumula Surname

206,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,005 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chigumula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chigumula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,9871:8,6161,315
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736

Chigumula Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chigumula is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigumula? popularity and diffusion

Chigumula is the 206,654th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,634,686 people. Chigumula occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigumula live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,987 people, or 1 in 8,616. Without taking into account Malawi this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Chigumula Last Name Statistics demography

Chigumula earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 7.25% less than the national average, earning R 220,416 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 Chigumula
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