Chafii Surname
Approximately 2,040 people bear this surname
Chafii Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,908 | 1:18,069 | 2,767 |
| France | 58 | 1:1,145,219 | 121,886 |
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Chafii (249) may also be a first name.
Chafii Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafii Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chafii (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻲ) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafii? popularity and diffusion
Chafii is the 203,896th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 3,572,326 people. The surname Chafii occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Chafii live; 94 percent live in North Africa and 94 percent live in Mahgreb. Chafii is also the 565,047th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 249 people.
Chafii is most widespread in Morocco, where it is borne by 1,908 people, or 1 in 18,069. Besides Morocco this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent are found and Mauritania, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chafii Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chafii in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻲ | alshafy | 81.82 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻰ | alshafy | 18.18 |
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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 Chafii
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