Tchawaya Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Tchawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 47 | 1:441,895 | 37,035 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
Tchawaya (10) may also be a first name.
Tchawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchawaya is most common in Cameroon. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchawaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,580,327th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchawaya reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 10 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 441,895. In Cameroon Tchawaya is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 94 percent live and North Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also common in Chad, where 16 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 Tchawaya
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