Cheffe Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Cheffe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Chéffe (1) are calculated separately.
Cheffe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheffe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheffe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﻒ) is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Chéffe. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheffe? popularity and diffusion
Cheffe is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Cheffe is mostly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Cheffe are found; 81 percent are found in South America and 81 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 8,233,628. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 35 percent live, São Paulo, where 27 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 23 percent live. Other than Brazil this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheffe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheffe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﻒ | shyf | 50 |
| ﺷﻴﻔﻪ | shyfh | 50 |
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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 Cheffe
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