Tchanka Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Tchanka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 163 | 1:63,409 | 7,789 |
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
Tchanka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchanka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tchanka is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tchanka.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchanka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,140,742nd most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchanka live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Tchanka is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 63,409. In Benin Tchanka is most numerous in: Mono Department, where 71 percent reside, Zou Department, where 12 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Benin this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 23 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 Tchanka
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