Chifire Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Chifire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 187 | 1:82,557 | 12,049 |
| Zambia | 56 | 1:283,034 | 16,318 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Chifire (81) may also be a first name.
Chifire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chifire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chifire has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chifire? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chifire is the 1,032,007th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name Chifire occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chifire live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chifire is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly used forename in the world. It is borne by 81 people.
The last name Chifire is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 82,557. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 73 percent are found, Harare Province, where 11 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 11 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 23 percent are found and Namibia, where 0 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 Chifire
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