Chigwaya Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Chigwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chigwaya (12) may also be a first name.
Chigwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigwaya occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigwaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chigwaya is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigwaya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chigwaya is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring forename at a global level, borne by 12 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 417,250. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 49 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 24 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 19 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe Chigwaya is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Chigwaya
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