Chafaya Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Chafaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Chafaya (8) may also be a first name.
Chafaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chafaya occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Chafaya reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Chafaya is also the 4,213,784th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 8 people.
It is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Chafaya is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent reside. Apart from India this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 25 percent reside and Niger, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Chafaya
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