Tchaffa Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Tchaffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 169 | 1:61,157 | 7,536 |
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tchaffa (14) may also be a first name.
Tchaffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchaffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchaffa occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tchaffa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchaffa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tchaffa is the 885,573rd most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tchaffa live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 14 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 61,157. In Benin Tchaffa is most prevalent in: Collines Department, where 57 percent live, Borgou Department, where 31 percent live and Zou Department, where 8 percent live. Barring Benin Tchaffa is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 36 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Tchaffa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis