Chefani Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Chefani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chefani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chefani (12) may also be a first name.

Chefani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chefani is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chefani.

How Common Is The Last Name Chefani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Chefani occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Chefani live; 43 percent live in Eastern Europe and 43 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 12 people.

The last name Chefani is most commonly held in Romania, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,692,623. Beside Romania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 14 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chifani86236/
Chefane86210/
Khefani864/
Cheffane80307/
Chefouni801/
Chiffani801/
Cefane7734/
Kefani777/
Chifane7192/
Chifoni7129/
Khefana7117/
Ciffani716/
Ceffoni713/
Khefane711/
Gcefane711/
Keffani711/
Chephane6724/
Chiffoni6722/
Chepfone671/
Keshfani671/
Khaifani671/

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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 Chefani
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