Tchakan Surname
Approximately 663 people bear this surname
Tchakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Benin | 32 | 1:322,988 | 25,835 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Tchakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchakan is more frequently found in Togo than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Tchakan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchakan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tchakan is the 497,277th most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 10,991,774 people. The last name Tchakan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchakan are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Togo, where it is carried by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Aside from Togo it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 5 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 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 Tchakan
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