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
Average Chirongo Salary in
South Africa
R 44,460
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chirongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chirongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chirongo occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chirongo.
How Common Is The Last Name Chirongo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 306,799th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,915,216 people. The last name Chirongo occurs mostly 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 frequently used first name internationally It is held by 179 people.
The surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 432 people, or 1 in 35,737. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 20 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 34 percent reside and Kenya, where 26 percent reside.
Chirongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Chirongo last name is predominantly 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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