Chaafi Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Chaafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Chaafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chaafi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻲ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chaafi.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaafi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Chaafi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chaafi live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania Chaafi is mostly concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 24 percent are found and Algeria, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chaafi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chaafi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻲ | alshafy | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻲ | alshafy | 33.33 |
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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 Chaafi
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