Chisoro Surname

653,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chisoro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chisoro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3941:39,1836,062
Tanzania561:945,38644,615
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Chisoro (28) may also be a first name.

Chisoro Last Name Facts

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

Chisoro has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chisoro.

How Common Is The Last Name Chisoro? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chisoro is the 653,013th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chisoro are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 28 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 394 people, or 1 in 39,183. In Zimbabwe Chisoro is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 30 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 29 percent live and Harare Province, where 18 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 12 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

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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 Chisoro
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