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
The surname Chafaa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻔﺎﻉ) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 219,249th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,905,437 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Chafaa are found; 96 percent are found in North Africa and 96 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 307,094th most commonly held first name globally, held by 722 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 1,582 people, or 1 in 24,419. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Batna Province, where 69 percent are found, Mila Province, where 10 percent are found and Tissemsilt Province, where 8 percent are found. Besides Algeria it is found 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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