Chafuta Surname
Approximately 502 people bear this surname
Chafuta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Zimbabwe | 84 | 1:183,789 | 21,931 |
| Zambia | 25 | 1:633,997 | 25,256 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Chafuta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chafuta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chafuta is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chafuta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 614,324th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 14,517,024 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chafuta live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Chafuta is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 392 people, or 1 in 43,671. Aside from Malawi Chafuta exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent reside and Zambia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapfuta | 93 | 14 | / |
| Chaifuta | 93 | 1 | / |
| Cafuta | 92 | 1,241 | / |
| Hafuta | 92 | 63 | / |
| Chafota | 86 | 384 | / |
| Chefuta | 86 | 8 | / |
| Hafouta | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cafutta | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shafuta | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chafitah | 80 | 4 | / |
| Chapfota | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jafuta | 77 | 62 | / |
| Safuta | 77 | 50 | / |
| Zafuta | 77 | 44 | / |
| Hafuto | 77 | 42 | / |
| Hafota | 77 | 11 | / |
| Shashfuta | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zafutta | 71 | 15 | / |
| Zaffuta | 71 | 7 | / |
| Chofita | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chaiphutha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siafuta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shafota | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saifuta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chaiphuttha | 67 | 154 | / |
| Chatphuttha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tshofuta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hatfoute | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaffoto | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hatfuter | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Chafuta
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