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

The surname Chisoro occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chisoro? popularity and diffusion

Chisoro is the 653,013th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chisoro live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most widespread given name globally It is held by 28 people.

The surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 394 people, or 1 in 39,183. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 30 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 29 percent are found and Harare Province, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 12 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 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 Chisoro
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