Chefa Surname
Approximately 735 people bear this surname
Chefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 449 | 1:4,527 | 888 |
| Algeria | 162 | 1:238,466 | 26,068 |
| Romania | 52 | 1:386,113 | 32,215 |
| South Africa | 49 | 1:1,105,667 | 65,349 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Chefa (83) may also be a first name.
Chefa Demographics
Average Chefa Salary in
United States
$16,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chefa is found most in Lesotho. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chefa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chefa is the 459,598th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,915,028 people. Chefa occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Chefa reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chefa is also the 1,052,971st most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 83 people.
The surname Chefa is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 449 people, or 1 in 4,527. In Lesotho Chefa is mostly concentrated in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 47 percent are found, Mafeteng District, where 25 percent are found and Maseru District, where 13 percent are found. Beside Lesotho this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 22 percent are found and Romania, where 7 percent are found.
Chefa Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Chefa earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 61.63% less than the national average, earning R 91,188 per year and in United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.
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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 Chefa
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