Chigwande Surname

769,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chigwande Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chigwande Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3681:41,9526,467
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chigwande Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chigwande is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigwande? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 769,129th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. The surname Chigwande occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigwande are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 41,952. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 54 percent live, Harare Province, where 26 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 13 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 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
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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 Chigwande
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