Chigwele Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Chigwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 175 | 1:90,571 | 7,461 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Chigwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigwele occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chigwele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigwele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chigwele is the 1,227,038th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigwele are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 90,571. In Zambia Chigwele is mostly concentrated in: Central Province, where 43 percent reside, Southern Province, where 29 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 27 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 4 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chigwel | 93 | 2 | / |
| Ching'wele | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chigwale | 88 | 418 | / |
| Shigwele | 88 | 21 | / |
| Chikwele | 88 | 10 | / |
| Chigwell | 88 | 5 | / |
| Chigwela | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chikwehle | 82 | 160 | / |
| Shingwele | 82 | 117 | / |
| Chinkwele | 82 | 7 | / |
| Chiekwele | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chugweleu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sigwele | 80 | 213 | / |
| Jigwele | 80 | 13 | / |
| Higuele | 80 | 2 | / |
| Zigwele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Higbele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chikwethle | 78 | 6 | / |
| Chuigouele | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chikwela | 75 | 452 | / |
| Chikwale | 75 | 383 | / |
| Chigwali | 75 | 42 | / |
| Chigwili | 75 | 29 | / |
| Sigcwele | 75 | 18 | / |
| Chiquele | 75 | 16 | / |
| Chicuele | 75 | 13 | / |
| Highwell | 75 | 5 | / |
| Tshigwel | 75 | 4 | / |
| Shikwele | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zigcwele | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chegbele | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chikweli | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chigueli | 75 | 1 | / |
| Highwheller | 74 | 0 | / |
| Chiekwela | 71 | 33 | / |
| Tcheguele | 71 | 23 | / |
| Chukwuele | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tchegbele | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chingwili | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiequele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiquelle | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tchiguile | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tchicuele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sigwela | 67 | 793 | / |
| Kigwile | 67 | 377 | / |
| Segwele | 67 | 165 | / |
| Sikwele | 67 | 140 | / |
| Zicwele | 67 | 89 | / |
| Sigbele | 67 | 41 | / |
| Siqwele | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ziguele | 67 | 18 | / |
| Sicwele | 67 | 11 | / |
| Zecwele | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kikwele | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zikwele | 67 | 3 | / |
| Heguele | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sigwile | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siguele | 67 | 2 | / |
| Higuile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zigweli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chukwuhele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ceguele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chukwuelee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sigweli | 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
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- 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 Chigwele
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