Tchakwa Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Tchakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 63 | 1:329,668 | 30,059 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Tchakwa (102) may also be a first name.
Tchakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchakwa is most common in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tchakwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchakwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tchakwa is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchakwa live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Chadic Africa. Tchakwa is also the 935,178th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 102 people.
The surname Tchakwa is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 329,668. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 84 percent reside, North Region, where 14 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, 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
- 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 Tchakwa
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