Chirungwa Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Chirungwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 158 | 1:97,710 | 13,813 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chirungwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chirungwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chirungwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chirungwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Chirungwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chirungwa is the 1,369,340th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname Chirungwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chirungwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chirungwa is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 97,710. In Zimbabwe Chirungwa is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 52 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 35 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 8 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chirugwa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chirongwa | 89 | 4 | / |
| Chirungwe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tshirungwa | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kirungwa | 82 | 22 | / |
| Sirungwa | 82 | 17 | / |
| Chirukwa | 82 | 3 | / |
| Zirungwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chirongwe | 78 | 502 | / |
| Dzirungwa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Jirugwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Serungwa | 71 | 51 | / |
| Hirongua | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kirongwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hirungue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sirongwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Herongwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hiroungui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Serongwa | 59 | 158 | / |
| Cherukua | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kearongwa | 56 | 1 | / |
| Jerugba | 50 | 17 | / |
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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 Chirungwa
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