Chif Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Chif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 167 | 1:68,842 | 11,001 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chif (754) may also be a first name.
Chif Demographics
Chif Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Chif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chif (Russian: Чиф) has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chif? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 975,866th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 27,500,173 people. Chif occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Chif are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Chif is also the 299,270th most frequent first name globally, borne by 754 people.
Chif is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 167 people, or 1 in 68,842. In Belgium Chif is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 96 percent live, Flemish Region, where 2 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Belgium Chif occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 10 percent live and France, where 7 percent live.
Chif Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Chif last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chif in the Russian language | ||
| Чиф | cif | - |
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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 Chif
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