Chafula Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Chafula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 103 | 1:153,883 | 10,964 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Chafula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chafula is found most frequently in Zambia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafula? popularity and diffusion
Chafula is the 1,775,494th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chafula live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 153,883. In Zambia Chafula is primarily found in: Central Province, where 72 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent live and Luapula Province, where 5 percent live. Not including Zambia Chafula occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 4 percent live.
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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 Chafula
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