Tchanti Surname
Approximately 334 people bear this surname
Tchanti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 303 | 1:34,111 | 4,440 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Tchanti (66) may also be a first name.
Tchanti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchanti Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tchanti occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tchanti.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchanti? popularity and diffusion
It is the 828,895th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tchanti live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tchanti is also the 1,201,840th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 66 people.
Tchanti is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 303 people, or 1 in 34,111. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 82 percent live, Collines Department, where 7 percent live and Borgou Department, where 7 percent live. Not including Benin Tchanti is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 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 Tchanti
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