Chigwedere Surname

267,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chigwedere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chigwedere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,2921:11,9491,577
Zambia921:172,28211,887
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Botswana171:128,64318,229
England171:3,277,533109,658
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Chigwedere (28) may also be a first name.

Chigwedere Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chigwedere is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigwedere? popularity and diffusion

The last name Chigwedere is the 267,252nd most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,984,642 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chigwedere are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chigwedere is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 28 people.

This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,292 people, or 1 in 11,949. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 32 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 20 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Chigwedere Last Name Statistics demography

Chigwedere earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 75.57% less than the national average, earning $10,542 USD per year.

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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 Chigwedere
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