Tchegnon Surname
Approximately 3,619 people bear this surname
Tchegnon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,176 | 1:4,750 | 627 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Ivory Coast | 63 | 1:366,210 | 12,917 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Tchêgnon (1) & Tchègnon (1) are calculated separately.
Tchegnon (857) may also be a first name.
Tchegnon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchegnon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tchegnon is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be found as: Tchêgnon or Tchègnon. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tchegnon.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchegnon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tchegnon is the 125,716th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,013,690 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tchegnon live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tchegnon is also the 278,206th most frequently used forename globally, held by 857 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 2,176 people, or 1 in 4,750. In Benin Tchegnon is primarily concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 64 percent reside, Zou Department, where 15 percent reside and Collines Department, where 9 percent reside. Barring Benin Tchegnon is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 38 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 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 Tchegnon
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