Chihongo Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Chihongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 83 | 1:637,851 | 38,732 |
| Zambia | 52 | 1:304,806 | 17,055 |
Chihongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chihongo occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihongo? popularity and diffusion
Chihongo is the 1,537,949th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chihongo are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 637,851. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 90 percent live, Ruvuma Region, where 5 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania Chihongo occurs in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 39 percent live.
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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 Chihongo
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