Tchangwa Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Tchangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Tchangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchangwa occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tchangwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchangwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,333,370th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. Tchangwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchangwa reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 314,683. In Cameroon Tchangwa is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 42 percent are found, Centre Region, where 36 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 15 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Tchangwa
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