Tchayo Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Tchayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 85 | 1:121,595 | 13,329 |
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
Tchayo (12) may also be a first name.
Tchayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchayo is found most frequently in Benin. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchayo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,239,697th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tchayo reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 121,595. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 95 percent reside, Zou Department, where 2 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 1 percent reside. Besides Benin Tchayo occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 34 percent reside and Niger, where 11 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
- 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 Tchayo
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