Chafo Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Chafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 81 | 1:236,938 | 7,651 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chafo (101) may also be a first name.
Chafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chafo is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,943,350th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Chafo live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Chadic Africa. Chafo is also the 940,641st most frequent first name in the world It is held by 101 people.
This last name is most widespread in Niger, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 236,938. In Niger Chafo is mostly concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 74 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 20 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 4 percent are found. Beside Niger Chafo exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Chafo
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