Chifalu Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Chifalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 107 | 1:431,588 | 23,328 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chifalu (10) may also be a first name.
Chifalu Demographics
Chifalu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chifalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chifalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chifalu has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chifalu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,736,881st most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Chifalu reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Chifalu is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 431,588. In Kenya Chifalu is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 99 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
Chifalu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chifallu | 93 | 4 | / |
| Cifalu | 92 | 96 | / |
| Chifelu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cefalu | 77 | 2,124 | / |
| Kifalu | 77 | 946 | / |
| Suifalu | 71 | 14 | / |
| Cefaulu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ceafalau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cheffolu | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Cefalu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suifa'alu | 63 | 2 | / |
| Cefalù | 62 | 124 | / |
| Cefalú | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kiphalu | 57 | 274 | / |
| Kefalou | 57 | 117 | / |
| Sifoğlu | 57 | 31 | / |
| Zaifoğlu | 53 | 348 | / |
| Kifoulou | 53 | 96 | / |
| Hevalahu | 53 | 23 | / |
| Sefahlou | 53 | 4 | / |
| Seffahlou | 50 | 306 | / |
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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 Chifalu
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