Tchanga Surname
Approximately 4,926 people bear this surname
Tchanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,951 | 1:10,645 | 1,419 |
| DR Congo | 1,881 | 1:39,277 | 4,849 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| Niger | 144 | 1:133,278 | 5,064 |
| Benin | 121 | 1:85,418 | 10,024 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tchanga (538) may also be a first name.
Tchanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchanga is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchanga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 96,529th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,479,404 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tchanga live; 71 percent live in Central Africa and 71 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tchanga is also the 363,474th most widely held given name internationally, borne by 538 people.
The surname Tchanga is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,951 people, or 1 in 10,645. In Cameroon Tchanga is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 31 percent reside, Far North Region, where 27 percent reside and Centre Region, where 21 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 38 percent reside and Chad, where 8 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 Tchanga
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