Tchaniga Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Tchaniga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 336 | 1:30,761 | 4,063 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tchaniga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchaniga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tchaniga is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tchaniga.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchaniga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 823,466th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,624,765 people. Tchaniga is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchaniga are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 336 people, or 1 in 30,761. In Benin Tchaniga is most common in: Collines Department, where 89 percent live, Zou Department, where 7 percent live and Borgou Department, where 3 percent live. Besides Benin this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaniga | 93 | 31 | / |
| Caniga | 86 | 353 | / |
| Tchanegha | 82 | 2 | / |
| Caniega | 80 | 14 | / |
| Chanega | 80 | 2 | / |
| Canigai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Canoiga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Canniga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tchaniegou | 78 | 5 | / |
| Tchagnigou | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chaniogo | 75 | 11 | / |
| Tsanigas | 75 | 4 | / |
| Tchenega | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tchangnigou | 74 | 1 | / |
| Tchamgnigou | 74 | 1 | / |
| Čaniga | 71 | 313 | / |
| Canega | 71 | 39 | / |
| Coniga | 71 | 11 | / |
| Cañiga | 71 | 10 | / |
| Canigo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Zaniga | 71 | 6 | / |
| Tchanegou | 71 | 5 | / |
| Canigó | 71 | 1 | / |
| Coniega | 67 | 257 | / |
| Caniego | 67 | 213 | / |
| Caneega | 67 | 42 | / |
| Cannigo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chanego | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cañiega | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tchagnegou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tsanega | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zanigha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coneiga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Csanigo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canegau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canoigo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tchaniga
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