Chifen Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Chifen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Chifen (2,626) may also be a first name.
Chifen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chifen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chifen has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chifen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,776,799th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Chifen live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Chifen is also the 143,362nd most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 2,626 people.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 451,501. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 89 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 4 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Germany, where 2 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
- 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 Chifen
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