Chisungo Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chisungo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chisungo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1091:141,63518,305
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chisungo (16) may also be a first name.

Chisungo Last Name Facts

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

Chisungo is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chisungo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chisungo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,718,748th most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chisungo are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chisungo is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 16 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 141,635. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 67 percent live, Harare Province, where 12 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 8 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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
  • 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 Chisungo
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