Tchamaya Surname
Approximately 1,678 people bear this surname
Tchamaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,676 | 1:12,392 | 1,675 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tchamaya (1,342) may also be a first name.
Tchamaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchamaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchamaya has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchamaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 238,807th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,342,995 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchamaya reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Tchamaya is also the 214,367th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 1,342 people.
The surname Tchamaya is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,676 people, or 1 in 12,392. In Cameroon Tchamaya is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 81 percent live, North Region, where 16 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Tchamaya
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