Tchawo Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Tchawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 410 | 1:50,656 | 6,624 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Tchawo (17) may also be a first name.
Tchawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tchawo occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchawo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tchawo is the 685,266th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 16,830,360 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Tchawo are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 410 people, or 1 in 50,656. In Cameroon Tchawo is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 42 percent live, Centre Region, where 28 percent live and West Region, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon Tchawo exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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 Tchawo
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