Chigwe Surname
Approximately 1,443 people bear this surname
Chigwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,333 | 1:12,843 | 2,012 |
| Nigeria | 73 | 1:2,426,613 | 80,686 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chigwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigwe is most common in Malawi. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chigwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chigwe is the 270,292nd most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,050,274 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigwe reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chigwe is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,333 people, or 1 in 12,843. Beside Malawi it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 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 Chigwe
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