Tachum Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Tachum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 96 | 1:216,344 | 21,934 |
| Thailand | 88 | 1:802,708 | 129,613 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Tachum (21) may also be a first name.
Tachum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tachum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tachum is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tachum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,239,697th most prevalent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. The last name Tachum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Tachum are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 21 people.
Tachum is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 216,344. In Cameroon Tachum is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 51 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 31 percent are found and West Region, where 15 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Tachum occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 47 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 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 Tachum
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