Chafaa Surname
Approximately 1,866 people bear this surname
Chafaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,582 | 1:24,419 | 4,448 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Chafaa (722) may also be a first name.
Chafaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chafaa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻔﺎﻉ) is most common in Algeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafaa? popularity and diffusion
Chafaa is the 219,249th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,905,437 people. The surname Chafaa is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Chafaa live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Mahgreb. Chafaa is also the 307,094th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 722 people.
The surname is most widely held in Algeria, where it is borne by 1,582 people, or 1 in 24,419. In Algeria Chafaa is primarily concentrated in: Batna Province, where 69 percent are found, Mila Province, where 10 percent are found and Tissemsilt Province, where 8 percent are found. Other than Algeria Chafaa occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 11 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chafaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chafaa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻔﺎﻉ | alshfa | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻰ | alshafy | 50 |
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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 Chafaa
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