Chamfya Surname

870,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chamfya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Chamfya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia3091:51,2944,808
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Chamfya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chamfya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chamfya occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chamfya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 870,423rd most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 23,432,624 people. The surname Chamfya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chamfya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Chamfya is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 51,294. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Luapula Province, where 40 percent live, Northern Province, where 27 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent live. Not including Zambia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Rwanda, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Camfya924/
Chemfya8637/
Chanfya8621/
Chamfia864/
Tshamfya801/
Hanfya7714/
Canfya771/
Samfya771/
Chonfya711/
Champhia6740/
Tshanfya671/
Hanfia62203/
Hanfiah5720/
Chanfio571/
Shanfia571/
Champhio5373/
Khanfiah539/
Chaumphio5021/
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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 Chamfya
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