Tchanou Surname
Approximately 911 people bear this surname
Tchanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 499 | 1:20,713 | 2,769 |
| Cameroon | 396 | 1:52,447 | 6,840 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Tchanou (93) may also be a first name.
Tchanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tchanou occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchanou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 389,084th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,999,502 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tchanou are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tchanou is also the 986,211th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 93 people.
It is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 499 people, or 1 in 20,713. In Benin Tchanou is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 63 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 13 percent live and Littoral Department, where 11 percent live. Apart from Benin it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 43 percent live and Niger, where 1 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
- 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 Tchanou
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