Chefe Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Chefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 89 | 1:2,405,330 | 73,774 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
Chefe (2,677) may also be a first name.
Chefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chefe occurs most in Brazil. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chefe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,453,389th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Chefe are found; 61 percent are found in South America and 61 percent are found in Luso-South America. Chefe is also the 141,655th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 2,677 people.
The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 2,405,330. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 48 percent are found, Paraná, where 12 percent are found and Rondônia, where 8 percent are found. Beside Brazil this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 22 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Chefe
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