Chirongo Surname
Approximately 1,232 people bear this surname
Chirongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 432 | 1:35,737 | 5,504 |
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| Kenya | 317 | 1:145,678 | 11,680 |
| Zambia | 35 | 1:452,855 | 21,237 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chirongo (179) may also be a first name.
Chirongo Demographics
Chirongo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chirongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chirongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chirongo is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chirongo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 306,799th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 5,915,216 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chirongo live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 681,368th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 179 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 432 people, or 1 in 35,737. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 20 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe Chirongo occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 34 percent are found and Kenya, where 26 percent are found.
Chirongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name 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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