Chihofu Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Chihofu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 36 | 1:440,276 | 20,880 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chihofu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chihofu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chihofu is found most frequently in Zambia. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chihofu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chihofu is the 2,776,799th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chihofu reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 440,276. In Zambia Chihofu is most numerous in: Copperbelt Province, where 97 percent are found. Aside from Zambia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent are found and Norway, where 2 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
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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 Chihofu
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