Chinagwa Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Chinagwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chinagwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria611:2,903,98091,283
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Chinagwa (12) may also be a first name.

Chinagwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chinagwa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chinagwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chinagwa is the 2,436,415th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chinagwa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 12 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria Chinagwa is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 30 percent reside, Abia, where 18 percent reside and Rivers, where 18 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Chinagwa occurs in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Chinagwa
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