Chirugu Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Chirugu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 84 | 1:183,789 | 21,931 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chirugu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chirugu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chirugu is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chirugu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chirugu is the 1,765,740th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Chirugu reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chirugu is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 183,789. In Zimbabwe Chirugu is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 69 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 20 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 16 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chirungu | 93 | 237 | / |
| Chiraugu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Hirugu | 92 | 6 | / |
| Chirhungu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chirigu | 86 | 253 | / |
| Cirungu | 86 | 193 | / |
| Churugu | 86 | 11 | / |
| Cherugu | 86 | 10 | / |
| Shirugu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Cherugut | 80 | 196 | / |
| Shirungu | 80 | 67 | / |
| Hairungu | 80 | 50 | / |
| Cherungu | 80 | 49 | / |
| Cirhungu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Shirugud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kirugu | 77 | 464 | / |
| Girugu | 77 | 37 | / |
| Jirugu | 77 | 25 | / |
| Sirugu | 77 | 7 | / |
| Herugu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cirogu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zirugu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cerugu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tshirungu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Shirugupp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kirungu | 71 | 592 | / |
| Sirungu | 71 | 17 | / |
| Shirogu | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kiruguh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koirugu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kairungu | 67 | 32 | / |
| Sirugupp | 67 | 27 | / |
| Sirougou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Keirungu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kirougou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Chirugu
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