Chigwanha Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Chigwanha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 198 | 1:77,971 | 11,469 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chigwanha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigwanha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigwanha is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chigwanha.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigwanha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,189,614th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname Chigwanha is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigwanha reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 77,971. In Zimbabwe Chigwanha is most common in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 65 percent reside, Harare Province, where 27 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 5 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chigwana | 94 | 171 | / |
| Chikwanha | 89 | 1,980 | / |
| Chigwanya | 89 | 15 | / |
| Chigwanhi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Higwana | 88 | 14 | / |
| Chickwanha | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chikwanhah | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chikwana | 82 | 1,653 | / |
| Chiguana | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chicwana | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shigwana | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chikwanya | 78 | 76 | / |
| Chikwenha | 78 | 51 | / |
| Chikwanah | 78 | 44 | / |
| Chikwanhi | 78 | 43 | / |
| Chikwanja | 78 | 6 | / |
| Chikwamha | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chigwango | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tshigwana | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chingwano | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chikwonha | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chukwanha | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chiokwanhaha | 76 | 1 | / |
| Kigwana | 75 | 123 | / |
| Zigwana | 75 | 39 | / |
| Sigwana | 75 | 34 | / |
| Cegwana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cicwana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cikwana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chingwanyo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chikwainga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chiguano | 71 | 3,564 | / |
| Chikwani | 71 | 678 | / |
| Xhegwana | 71 | 467 | / |
| Chigwena | 71 | 142 | / |
| Chikwane | 71 | 118 | / |
| Chikuana | 71 | 85 | / |
| Shikwana | 71 | 54 | / |
| Chekwana | 71 | 5 | / |
| Saigwana | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sigcwana | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chukwana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cegcwana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chegwani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shigvana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Higuasna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiggwana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cikwanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chicuana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiquana | 71 | 0 | / |
| Chikwanje | 67 | 1,454 | / |
| Chiguango | 67 | 44 | / |
| Shikwanya | 67 | 18 | / |
| Higuasnia | 67 | 13 | / |
| Chikwanyi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chengwani | 67 | 10 | / |
| Chikwanjo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Chukwuana | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tshikwana | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chicuanja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chuckwana | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chikwamhi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chinguani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chikuanah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shaigbana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chikwango | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siqugwana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shengwana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chikwenho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shikwanga | 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 Chigwanha
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