Chifana Surname

437,968th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 783 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Botswana

Chifana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chifana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe6011:25,6883,924
Botswana1491:14,6772,860
Zambia291:546,54923,344
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Chifana (174) may also be a first name.

Chifana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chifana Come From? nationality or country of origin

Chifana is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chifana? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 437,968th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,307,211 people. The surname Chifana is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chifana reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chifana is also the 692,220th most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 174 people.

The surname Chifana is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 601 people, or 1 in 25,688. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Midlands Province, where 54 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 19 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 percent are found.

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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 Chifana
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