Chafunda Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Chafunda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 88 | 1:175,435 | 21,257 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chafunda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafunda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chafunda is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafunda? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,907,068th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. Chafunda is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chafunda are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chafunda is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 175,435. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 40 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 33 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 4 percent are found and Zambia, 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 Chafunda
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