Chapfunya Surname

975,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 265 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chapfunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chapfunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2631:58,7018,896
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chapfunya Last Name Facts

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

Chapfunya occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chapfunya? popularity and diffusion

Chapfunya is the 975,866th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 27,500,173 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chapfunya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 263 people, or 1 in 58,701. In Zimbabwe Chapfunya is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 52 percent live, Harare Province, where 16 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 15 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe Chapfunya exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Iceland, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chafunya94468/
Chapunya946/
Chaipunya8997/
Chaiphunya844/
Chaponya8220/
Khapunya823/
Chopunya822/
Chaipunyo7820/
Chaipunha7811/
Chaphonya789/
Khaipunya783/
Choopunya782/
Chotpunya781/
Japunya7511/
Chaiphunha741/
Jaipunya7129/
Khafunja711/
Chotpunyo671/
Chophonya671/
Hafunjo6320/
Chapougnot634/
Haponia631/
Jahpunja592/
Caponio501,532/
Čaponja503/

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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 Chapfunya
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