Chaufa Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Chaufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 154 | 1:100,248 | 14,111 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Chaufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chaufa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaufa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chaufa is the 1,398,030th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chaufa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 100,248. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 71 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 14 percent are found and Harare Province, where 11 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe Chaufa is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 1 percent are found and Poland, where 1 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 Chaufa
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