Tchamwa Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Tchamwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Tchamwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchamwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchamwa has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchamwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tchamwa is the 2,979,664th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Tchamwa live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 593,402. In Cameroon Tchamwa is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 69 percent live, Littoral Region, where 29 percent live and West Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 7 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 Tchamwa
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