Chifoyo Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Chifoyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 48 | 1:330,207 | 17,862 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Chifoyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chifoyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chifoyo occurs most in Zambia. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chifoyo.
How Common Is The Last Name Chifoyo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,776,799th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Chifoyo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chifoyo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Chifoyo is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 330,207. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Copperbelt Province, where 98 percent live and North-Western Province, where 2 percent live. Aside from Zambia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chifoya | 86 | 8 | / |
| Chifoyi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kifoyo | 77 | 21 | / |
| Chifoi | 77 | 20 | / |
| Chifou | 77 | 12 | / |
| Hifoya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Chifay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Huifoy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cheifou | 71 | 236 | / |
| Chifeya | 71 | 226 | / |
| Chaifou | 71 | 189 | / |
| Chiffey | 71 | 31 | / |
| Sisfoyo | 71 | 17 | / |
| Chiffou | 71 | 10 | / |
| Chifoja | 71 | 8 | / |
| Chifuya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Shifoya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chifowe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chiefou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shifayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiofou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiffay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chifayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tchifou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chifeye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schifey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chifiye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chifiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chipfuya | 67 | 114 | / |
| Cheiffou | 67 | 89 | / |
| Chaiffou | 67 | 10 | / |
| Chifiyah | 67 | 8 | / |
| Chipfiya | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kifoy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hifey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chaaifou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tchiofou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tchiffou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chifouha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheffeyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheffouy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schiffey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Chifoyo
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