Chihora Surname
Approximately 476 people bear this surname
Chihora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 469 | 1:32,917 | 5,090 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Chihora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chihora occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihora? popularity and diffusion
It is the 639,219th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 15,309,970 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chihora are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 469 people, or 1 in 32,917. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 45 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 17 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 11 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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 Chihora
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