Chirongo Surname

306,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chirongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chirongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4321:35,7375,504
Malawi4181:40,9555,885
Kenya3171:145,67811,680
Zambia351:452,85521,237
Tanzania171:3,114,21350,054
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chirongo (179) may also be a first name.

Chirongo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chirongo is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chirongo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 306,799th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,915,216 people. The last name Chirongo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chirongo reside; 72 percent reside in Southern Africa and 72 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 681,368th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 179 people.

The surname Chirongo is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 432 people, or 1 in 35,737. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 20 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 14 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe Chirongo is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 34 percent reside and Kenya, where 26 percent reside.

Chirongo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Chirongo surname is chiefly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.

Chirongo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.29% less than the national average, earning R 44,460 per year.

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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 Chirongo
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