Chafai Surname
Approximately 15,519 people bear this surname
Chafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 8,895 | 1:3,876 | 399 |
| Algeria | 4,975 | 1:7,765 | 1,321 |
| Niger | 776 | 1:24,732 | 1,474 |
| France | 495 | 1:134,187 | 20,514 |
| Spain | 127 | 1:368,126 | 20,695 |
| Belgium | 89 | 1:129,176 | 18,730 |
| Tunisia | 41 | 1:14,893 | 2,440 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Chafaï (10) are calculated separately.
Chafai (3,241) may also be a first name.
Chafai Demographics
Average Chafai Salary in
United States
$50,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chafai (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻲ) is found in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Chafaï. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafai? popularity and diffusion
Chafai is the 34,161st most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 469,589 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Chafai reside; 90 percent reside in North Africa and 90 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 125,886th most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 3,241 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is held by 8,895 people, or 1 in 3,876. Apart from Morocco this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 32 percent are found and Niger, where 5 percent are found.
Chafai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Chafai are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Chafai earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.51% less than the national average, earning $39,988 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chafai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chafai in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻲ | alshafy | - |
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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 Chafai
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