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
Tchayo is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchayo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,239,697th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tchayo live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 12 people.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 121,595. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 95 percent live, Zou Department, where 2 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 1 percent live. Besides Benin this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 34 percent live and Niger, where 11 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 Tchayo
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