Tchema Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Tchema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 67 | 1:309,986 | 28,740 |
| Niger | 36 | 1:533,112 | 13,750 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
Tchema (178) may also be a first name.
Tchema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchema is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,328,442nd most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Tchema live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 27 percent live in Chadic Africa. Tchema is also the 683,417th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 178 people.
Tchema is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 309,986. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 63 percent are found, North Region, where 33 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon Tchema exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 21 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Tchema
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