Chafota Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Chafota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Zimbabwe | 144 | 1:107,210 | 14,835 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chafota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chafota is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafota? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chafota is the 748,537th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. The surname Chafota occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chafota live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Other than Malawi it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 38 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapfota | 93 | 1 | / |
| Hafota | 92 | 11 | / |
| Chafuta | 86 | 502 | / |
| Hafouta | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chafata | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shafota | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chapfuta | 80 | 14 | / |
| Chaifuta | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chaffoto | 80 | 0 | / |
| Chaffoteaux | 78 | 35 | / |
| Hafuta | 77 | 63 | / |
| Cafata | 77 | 16 | / |
| Chaffotte | 75 | 162 | / |
| Chaiphota | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hafatad | 71 | 166 | / |
| Chaiphotha | 71 | 9 | / |
| Chafati | 71 | 5 | / |
| Shafata | 71 | 3 | / |
| Haifata | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chafate | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hafattah | 67 | 9 | / |
| Shafgata | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chaphata | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chafatou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hatfoute | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaafati | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaafate | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hafatath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafatat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafatah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chafota
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