Chihola Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Chihola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chihola (171) may also be a first name.
Chihola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chihola has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihola? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chihola live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chihola is also the 698,971st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 171 people.
It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa Chihola is most numerous in: Free State, where 82 percent are found, Gauteng, where 9 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 9 percent are found. Excluding South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 14 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Chihola
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