Chikungwa Surname

316,633rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Chikungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Chikungwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi8101:21,1353,253
Zimbabwe3561:43,3666,683
England151:3,714,537119,675
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362

Chikungwa (18) may also be a first name.

Chikungwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chikungwa is most common in Malawi. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chikungwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 316,633rd most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,155,022 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chikungwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 18 people.

It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 810 people, or 1 in 21,135. Not including Malawi this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 30 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chikhungwa95315/
Chikungua8910/
Chikungwe894/
Chikongwa892/
Chikungwo891/
Hikongwa823/
Chikongwe7899/
Chikunguo7826/
Hekungua7183/
Chicungue671/
Chicunque56565/
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
  • 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 Chikungwa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis