Chigura Surname

612,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 504 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chigura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chigura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4931:31,3154,840
India61:127,844,230863,365
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chigura (19) may also be a first name.

Chigura Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chigura (Hindi: चिगुरा, Russian: Чигура) is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigura? popularity and diffusion

Chigura is the 612,595th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,459,416 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chigura reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chigura is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 19 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 493 people, or 1 in 31,315. In Zimbabwe Chigura is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 58 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 16 percent are found and Harare Province, where 9 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and Russia, where 1 percent are found.

Chigura Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Chigura last name is principally Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chigura Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chigura in the Hindi language
चिगुराcigura-
Chigura in the Russian language
Чигураcigura-

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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 Chigura
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