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
The surname Chefa is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chefa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chefa is the 459,598th most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 9,915,028 people. Chefa is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Chefa live; 68 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 83 people.
The last name Chefa is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 449 people, or 1 in 4,527. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 47 percent reside, Mafeteng District, where 25 percent reside and Maseru District, where 13 percent reside. Barring Lesotho it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 22 percent reside and Romania, where 7 percent reside.
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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