Tchanhou Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Tchanhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Tchanhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchanhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tchanhou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchanhou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchanhou live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Tchanhou is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,476,515. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atlantique Department, where 57 percent live, Atakora Department, where 14 percent live and Borgou Department, where 14 percent live. Aside from Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 9 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
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- 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 Tchanhou
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