Chigunda Surname
Approximately 1,000 people bear this surname
Chigunda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 495 | 1:93,293 | 8,335 |
| Tanzania | 309 | 1:171,332 | 15,031 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 39 | 1:395,852 | 35,770 |
Chigunda (11) may also be a first name.
Chigunda Demographics
Chigunda Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chigunda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigunda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigunda is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigunda? popularity and diffusion
It is the 361,698th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 7,287,546 people. The surname Chigunda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigunda reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name globally It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 495 people, or 1 in 93,293. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kilifi County, where 100 percent live, Mombasa County, where 0 percent live and Taita Taveta County, where 0 percent live. Aside from Kenya Chigunda occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 31 percent live and Malawi, where 16 percent live.
Chigunda Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chingunda | 94 | 6 | / |
| Cigunda | 93 | 5 | / |
| Chingunday | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chingundai | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chigunde | 88 | 466 | / |
| Chigonda | 88 | 122 | / |
| Chegunda | 88 | 12 | / |
| Chigundo | 88 | 10 | / |
| Shigunda | 88 | 6 | / |
| Chigundi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chingunde | 82 | 388 | / |
| Chingundi | 82 | 18 | / |
| Chingundo | 82 | 2 | / |
| Kigunda | 80 | 965 | / |
| Sigunda | 80 | 39 | / |
| Higundi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tshingunda | 78 | 4 | / |
| Ching'unde | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chigondo | 75 | 783 | / |
| Chegonda | 75 | 421 | / |
| Chigonde | 75 | 283 | / |
| Chegundi | 75 | 61 | / |
| Kiggunda | 75 | 8 | / |
| Shegunda | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chigondi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sigounda | 75 | 2 | / |
| Haigunde | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ching'hundi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chaygonda | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chengundi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cheegonda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chegondda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shekgunda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sheghunda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chigondeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Segunda | 67 | 31,789 | / |
| Sigonda | 67 | 159 | / |
| Sigundo | 67 | 93 | / |
| Kigonda | 67 | 28 | / |
| Cegundo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kigundo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hegunde | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zegunda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cigondo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chigunda
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