Chafia Surname
Approximately 918 people bear this surname
Chafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 716 | 1:48,151 | 7,863 |
| Algeria | 99 | 1:390,218 | 33,795 |
| Spain | 46 | 1:1,016,349 | 37,676 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Chafia (20,104) may also be a first name.
Chafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chafia (Bengali: ছফিয়া) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 386,702nd most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 7,938,503 people. The surname Chafia is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Chafia live; 89 percent live in North Africa and 89 percent live in Mahgreb. Chafia is also the 37,645th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 20,104 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is held by 716 people, or 1 in 48,151. Barring Morocco Chafia occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 11 percent reside and Spain, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chafia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chafia in the Bengali language | ||
| ছফিয়া | chaphiya | - |
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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 Chafia
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