Chenaif Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Chenaif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 166 | 1:232,720 | 25,803 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Chenaïf (2) are calculated separately.
Chenaif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chenaif Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chenaif is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Chenaïf. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chenaif? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,333,288th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. The surname Chenaif occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chenaif live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb.
This surname is most frequent in Algeria, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 232,720. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Relizane Province, where 97 percent reside, Chlef Province, where 2 percent reside and Algiers Province, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Algeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chenaif
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