Chifi Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Chifi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chifi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chifi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chifi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﻔﻲ) is found most frequently in Algeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chifi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chifi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Chifi are found; 27 percent are found in North Africa and 27 percent are found in Mahgreb.
This surname is most common in Algeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 12,877,184. Excluding Algeria Chifi is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and Zambia, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chifi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chifi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﻔﻲ | shyfy | - |
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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 Chifi
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