Chigwire Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Chigwire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
Chigwire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chigwire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chigwire occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chigwire.
How Common Is The Last Name Chigwire? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Chigwire is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chigwire reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,187,557. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 92 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 8 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 41 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higwire | 93 | 1 | / |
| Chigwere | 88 | 1,098 | / |
| Chigwiri | 88 | 155 | / |
| Chigwira | 88 | 108 | / |
| Chikwire | 88 | 63 | / |
| Chigware | 88 | 19 | / |
| Shigwire | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chigwaira | 82 | 17 | / |
| Chingwiri | 82 | 7 | / |
| Chigwerhe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chikwaire | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chinkwire | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kigwire | 80 | 158 | / |
| Higwira | 80 | 51 | / |
| Cigwira | 80 | 21 | / |
| Cigwere | 80 | 21 | / |
| Sigwire | 80 | 4 | / |
| Chiguir | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chigbir | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jigwire | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chingwerhe | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chingwaure | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chikwira | 75 | 1,809 | / |
| Chikwiri | 75 | 887 | / |
| Chikware | 75 | 603 | / |
| Chikwere | 75 | 491 | / |
| Cigwerhe | 75 | 124 | / |
| Chiquire | 75 | 45 | / |
| Chigwera | 75 | 10 | / |
| Cheiguir | 75 | 7 | / |
| Tchiguir | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chiguare | 75 | 3 | / |
| Shigwere | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chicuire | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chiguere | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shigwira | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chikwure | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chinguhaire | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chikwaira | 71 | 129 | / |
| Tchiguiri | 71 | 18 | / |
| Chukwuire | 71 | 13 | / |
| Chikwaure | 71 | 7 | / |
| Cheiguere | 71 | 5 | / |
| Chiquires | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cheigueir | 71 | 1 | / |
| Higwer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Chiguer | 67 | 6,829 | / |
| Siguire | 67 | 1,447 | / |
| Heigwer | 67 | 63 | / |
| Ziguire | 67 | 59 | / |
| Kigwira | 67 | 41 | / |
| Chigwajara | 67 | 27 | / |
| Chikwayira | 67 | 22 | / |
| Sigwere | 67 | 14 | / |
| Cheguir | 67 | 12 | / |
| Chinkuhire | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kikwire | 67 | 6 | / |
| Giguire | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chikwuyere | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zigwere | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kicwire | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kigwiri | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ciguiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chijkwyere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kigwere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Higuere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Higuair | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sigwiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tchaiguiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jiguire | 67 | 0 | / |
| Higbere | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Chigwire
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