Tchanya Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Tchanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Tchanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchanya occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchanya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,980,395th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tchanya live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 250,230. In Cameroon Tchanya is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 49 percent are found, Centre Region, where 33 percent are found and West Region, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon Tchanya exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 3 percent are found and Benin, where 1 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
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- 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 Tchanya
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