Chefo Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Chefo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 35 | 1:58,073 | 8,518 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chefo (1,319) may also be a first name.
Chefo Demographics
Average Chefo Salary in
South Africa
R 78,024
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chefo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chefo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chefo is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chefo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,220,661st most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chefo reside; 70 percent reside in Southern Africa and 70 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chefo is also the 216,403rd most prevalent first name globally It is held by 1,319 people.
Chefo is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 58,073. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Berea District, where 49 percent are found, Mohale's Hoek District, where 46 percent are found and Mafeteng District, where 3 percent are found. Besides Lesotho it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 22 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 12 percent are found.
Chefo Last Name Statistics demography
Chefo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.17% less than the national average, earning R 78,024 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 Chefo
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