Chaffara Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Chaffara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 215 | 1:48,073 | 6,085 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Chaffara (30) may also be a first name.
Chaffara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaffara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chaffara is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaffara? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,115,011th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. The surname Chaffara occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chaffara reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 30 people.
The last name Chaffara is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 215 people, or 1 in 48,073. In Benin it is most common in: Collines Department, where 80 percent live, Borgou Department, where 14 percent live and Zou Department, where 2 percent live. Besides Benin Chaffara exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 1 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
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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 Chaffara
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