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 Male Chef Height
175.6 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Chef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chef (Arabic: شيف, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﻒ, Russian: Чеф) is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chef? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 493,936th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 10,893,193 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Chef are found; 47 percent are found in Western Europe and 47 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 71,763rd most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 7,888 people.
Chef is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 306 people, or 1 in 217,068. In France Chef is primarily concentrated in: Grand Est, where 36 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 19 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 11 percent are found. Beside France it exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 15 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.
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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