Chigwere Surname

335,833rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,098 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chigwere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chigwere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7321:23,3873,582
Zimbabwe3491:44,2366,805
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Chigwere (14) may also be a first name.

Chigwere Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chigwere is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Chigwere click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chigwere? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chigwere is the 335,833rd most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 6,637,109 people. The surname Chigwere occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chigwere live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chigwere is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 14 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 23,387. Aside from Malawi this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 32 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Chigwere
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