Chef Surname
Approximately 669 people bear this surname
Chef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 306 | 1:217,068 | 33,722 |
| Iran | 98 | 1:783,495 | 39,531 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Afghanistan | 15 | 1:2,143,546 | 15,005 |
| Haiti | 9 | 1:1,187,101 | 12,579 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Chef (7,888) may also be a first name.
Chef Demographics
Average Chef Salary in
Canada
$42,221 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Chef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chef Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chef (Arabic: شيف, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﻒ, Russian: Чеф) is found most frequently in France. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chef? popularity and diffusion
Chef is the 493,936th most prevalent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 10,893,193 people. The last name Chef is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Chef reside; 47 percent reside in Western Europe and 47 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Chef is also the 71,763rd most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 7,888 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 306 people, or 1 in 217,068. In France it is mostly found in: Grand Est, where 36 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 19 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 11 percent reside. Outside of France this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
Chef Last Name Statistics demography
Chef earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 15.02% less than the national average, earning $42,221 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chef in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﻒ | shyf | - |
| Chef in the Russian language | ||
| Чеф | cef | - |
| Chef in the Arabic language | ||
| شيف | shyf | - |
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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 Chef
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