Tchanta Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Tchanta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 29 | 1:356,400 | 27,355 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tchanta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchanta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchanta is most common in Benin. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchanta? popularity and diffusion
Tchanta is the 3,100,440th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Tchanta occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tchanta are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 356,400. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Donga Department, where 55 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 38 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Benin it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 23 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Tchanta
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