Chafoya Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Chafoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 233 | 1:27,227 | 1,049 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
Chafoya Demographics
Average Chafoya Salary in
United States
$22,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chafoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chafoya is held by more people in El Salvador than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chafoya is the 996,001st most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The last name Chafoya is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Chafoya reside; 91 percent reside in Central America and 91 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.
This last name is most frequently used in El Salvador, where it is held by 233 people, or 1 in 27,227. In El Salvador it is most common in: Ahuachapán Department, where 39 percent are found, Santa Ana Department, where 27 percent are found and La Libertad Department, where 15 percent are found. Apart from El Salvador this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Chafoya Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Chafoya earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 49.01% less than the national average, earning $22,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 48.68% more than the national average, earning $73,868 CAD per year.
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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 Chafoya
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