Tchawa Surname
Approximately 790 people bear this surname
Tchawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 530 | 1:39,187 | 5,238 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tchawa (1,812) may also be a first name.
Tchawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺗﺸﺎﻭﺍ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tchawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 434,913th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 9,224,742 people. The last name Tchawa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tchawa live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tchawa is also the 179,394th most prevalent forename world-wide. It is borne by 1,812 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 530 people, or 1 in 39,187. In Cameroon Tchawa is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 56 percent live, Centre Region, where 17 percent live and West Region, where 16 percent live. Not including Cameroon Tchawa is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tchawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tchawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺗﺸﺎﻭﺍ | atshawa | - |
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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 Tchawa
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