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 most in Benin. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchanou? popularity and diffusion
Tchanou is the 389,084th most widespread surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,999,502 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tchanou reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 986,211th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 93 people.
Tchanou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 499 people, or 1 in 20,713. In Benin Tchanou is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 63 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 13 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 11 percent reside. Not including Benin this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 43 percent reside and Niger, where 1 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 Tchanou
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