Chamfya Surname
Approximately 311 people bear this surname
Chamfya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 309 | 1:51,294 | 4,808 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Chamfya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamfya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chamfya is most common in Zambia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamfya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 870,423rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. Chamfya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chamfya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Chamfya is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 51,294. In Zambia Chamfya is most common in: Luapula Province, where 40 percent are found, Northern Province, where 27 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and Rwanda, where 0 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
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- 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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