Chishangu Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chishangu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chishangu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1481:104,31214,575
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
England11:55,718,059489,080

Chishangu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chishangu is found most in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chishangu? popularity and diffusion

Chishangu is the 1,359,010th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chishangu live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 104,312. In Zimbabwe Chishangu is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 53 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 36 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 9 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Chishangu
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