Chifodya Surname

288,063rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Chifodya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chifodya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1,0581:14,5922,025
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
Botswana41:546,73222,624
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chifodya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chifodya is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chifodya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Chifodya is the 288,063rd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,471,131 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chifodya reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 1,058 people, or 1 in 14,592. In Zimbabwe Chifodya is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 28 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 26 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 22 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 20 percent reside and Botswana, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Chifodya
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