Chigwa Surname
Approximately 1,649 people bear this surname
Chigwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 889 | 1:19,257 | 3,006 |
| Zimbabwe | 679 | 1:22,737 | 3,429 |
| Tanzania | 60 | 1:882,360 | 43,917 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chigwa (46) may also be a first name.
Chigwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigwa has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 242,121st most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,419,373 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigwa live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chigwa is also the 1,484,914th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 46 people.
The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 889 people, or 1 in 19,257. Aside from Malawi it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 41 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.
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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 Chigwa
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