Tchavi Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Tchavi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
Tchavi (16) may also be a first name.
Tchavi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchavi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchavi is found most frequently in Malawi. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchavi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 993,593rd most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 28,246,302 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchavi are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 16 people.
The surname Tchavi is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and Benin, where 3 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
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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
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