Chafu Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Chafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 240 | 1:220,590 | 18,364 |
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| Thailand | 52 | 1:1,358,430 | 190,094 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Chafu (410) may also be a first name.
Chafu Demographics
Average Chafu Salary in
South Africa
R 53,868
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chafu is most common in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chafu.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chafu is the 657,184th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 15,911,672 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Chafu are found; 53 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Chafu is also the 425,605th most widespread forename on earth, borne by 410 people.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 220,590. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Iringa Region, where 92 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 4 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent live and Thailand, where 11 percent live.
Chafu Last Name Statistics demography
Chafu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 77.33% less than the national average, earning R 53,868 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 Chafu
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