Chikangwa Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Chikangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chikangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Chikangwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chikangwa is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikangwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chikangwa reside; 86 percent reside in Central Africa and 86 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 40 percent are found, Centre Region, where 20 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tchikangwa95123/
Chikangwe8915/
Chikongwa892/
Chikangwi891/
Tchekangwa8421/
Tchikamgwa841/
Hikongwa823/
Chitkongwai8036/
Chikongwe7899/
Tsikangwa781/
Chicangua781/
Jikongwa711/
Tchecangwou601/
Zikonkwa594/
Jecangwe591/
Chicongue561/

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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
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  • 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 Chikangwa
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