Tchafa Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Tchafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Tchafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchafa is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchafa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,967,751st most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name Tchafa is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Tchafa reside; 82 percent reside in Central Africa and 82 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 273,277. In Cameroon Tchafa is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 54 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 28 percent reside and West Region, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 9 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Tchafa
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