Chigwenya Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Chigwenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 177 | 1:87,222 | 12,639 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chigwenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chigwenya is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigwenya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,281,391st most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigwenya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 87,222. In Zimbabwe Chigwenya is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 59 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 20 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chikwenya | 89 | 1,720 | / |
| Chigwinya | 89 | 160 | / |
| Chigwenye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chikwinya | 78 | 614 | / |
| Chikwenye | 78 | 91 | / |
| Chikwanya | 78 | 76 | / |
| Chikwenha | 78 | 51 | / |
| Chingwenje | 74 | 54 | / |
| Chikwenje | 67 | 260 | / |
| Chikwanja | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chekwonya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chikwenge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chikwanye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chikwenho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chikwenjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chukwuinya | 63 | 5 | / |
| Chekwenyey | 63 | 1 | / |
| Chikwanje | 56 | 1,454 | / |
| Chikwinho | 56 | 34 | / |
| Chukwonye | 56 | 9 | / |
| Chikwanjo | 56 | 8 | / |
| Chekwenjo | 56 | 1 | / |
| Chuquinia | 56 | 1 | / |
| Chikwanji | 56 | 1 | / |
| Chukwonyie | 53 | 4 | / |
| Chinkwinji | 53 | 1 | / |
| Higueño | 50 | 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 Chigwenya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis