Chigwaza Surname
Approximately 774 people bear this surname
Chigwaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 766 | 1:20,154 | 2,995 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chigwaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigwaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chigwaza is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chigwaza.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigwaza? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chigwaza is the 441,818th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 9,415,434 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigwaza live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 766 people, or 1 in 20,154. In Zimbabwe Chigwaza is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 33 percent live, Harare Province, where 27 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 10 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Kuwait, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chigwadza | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chingwadza | 89 | 16 | / |
| Chikwaza | 88 | 138 | / |
| Chigwazo | 88 | 119 | / |
| Chigwazi | 88 | 105 | / |
| Chigwaze | 88 | 63 | / |
| Chigwasa | 88 | 28 | / |
| Chigweza | 88 | 2 | / |
| Chigwaca | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chegwaza | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chingwazi | 82 | 9 | / |
| Chikwadza | 82 | 7 | / |
| Chigwadzi | 82 | 6 | / |
| Chigwacha | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chigweeza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sigwaza | 80 | 897 | / |
| Chikweza | 75 | 2,237 | / |
| Chikwasa | 75 | 634 | / |
| Xhegwaza | 75 | 20 | / |
| Chikwazo | 75 | 14 | / |
| Chigwesa | 75 | 8 | / |
| Chikwazi | 75 | 6 | / |
| Chigwasi | 75 | 5 | / |
| Chikwaze | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chigwetsa | 71 | 411 | / |
| Chikwadzi | 71 | 78 | / |
| Shigwadja | 71 | 33 | / |
| Chikwedza | 71 | 27 | / |
| Chikwacha | 71 | 22 | / |
| Chikwatsa | 71 | 10 | / |
| Tshikwaza | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chikwadzo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chikwahsa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chigwatso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiguacha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kigwasa | 67 | 800 | / |
| Kikwaza | 67 | 55 | / |
| Kigwazo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Siqwaza | 67 | 3 | / |
| Xegwaza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Segwaza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hikwasa | 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 Chigwaza
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