Tchekou Surname
Approximately 416 people bear this surname
Tchekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 243 | 1:42,533 | 5,451 |
| Ivory Coast | 116 | 1:198,890 | 8,549 |
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Tchekou (86) may also be a first name.
Tchekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchekou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchekou? popularity and diffusion
Tchekou is the 706,244th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 17,518,139 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Tchekou live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tchekou is also the 1,032,266th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 86 people.
The surname Tchekou is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 243 people, or 1 in 42,533. In Benin it is most common in: Donga Department, where 40 percent reside, Zou Department, where 37 percent reside and Collines Department, where 8 percent reside. Other than Benin Tchekou is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 28 percent reside and Cameroon, where 12 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 Tchekou
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