Chavei Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Chavei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 89 | 1:46,010 | 3,425 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Chavei (28) may also be a first name.
Chavei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chavei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chavei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻲ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chavei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chavei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,967,751st most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chavei live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 46,010. In Mauritania Chavei is primarily found in: Brakna Region, where 56 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 15 percent live and Assaba Region, where 13 percent live. Barring Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chavei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chavei in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻲ | alshafy | 83.72 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻓﻌﻰ | alshafy | 16.28 |
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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 Chavei
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