Chigunwe Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Chigunwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 158 | 1:97,710 | 13,813 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Chigunwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigunwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigunwe is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigunwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,369,340th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. Chigunwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigunwe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 97,710. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 37 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 27 percent reside and Harare Province, where 24 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Namibia, 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 Chigunwe
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