Chifile Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Chifile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chifile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Chifile Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chifile occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chifile? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chifile reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 2,641,654. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 67 percent live, Eastern Province, where 17 percent live and North-Western Province, where 17 percent live. Besides Zambia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent live.

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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 Chifile
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