Cheef Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Cheef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cheef (135) may also be a first name.
Cheef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheef is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheef? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cheef is the 5,057,639th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Cheef are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Cheef is also the 797,647th most frequent first name in the world, held by 135 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia it is most common in: Gbarpolu County, where 100 percent reside. Besides Liberia Cheef exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 7 percent reside and Kuwait, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Cheef
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