Chiofa Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Chiofa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chiofa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiofa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chiofa is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chiofa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiofa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Chiofa reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 964,890. In Zimbabwe Chiofa is most frequent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 81 percent are found, Bulawayo Province, where 6 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 6 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 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 Chiofa
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