Tchantchou Surname
Approximately 1,284 people bear this surname
Tchantchou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,258 | 1:16,510 | 2,268 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Tchantchou (39) may also be a first name.
Tchantchou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchantchou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchantchou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchantchou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 296,943rd most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 5,675,659 people. Tchantchou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tchantchou live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 39 people.
Tchantchou is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,258 people, or 1 in 16,510. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 47 percent are found, Centre Region, where 29 percent are found and West Region, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon Tchantchou occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 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 Tchantchou
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