Tchenga Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Tchenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 88 | 1:117,450 | 12,976 |
| Cameroon | 81 | 1:256,408 | 24,973 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Tchenga (30) may also be a first name.
Tchenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tchenga is most common in Benin. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchenga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,263,456th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchenga are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tchenga is also the 1,911,214th most common given name worldwide It is held by 30 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 117,450. In Benin it is most numerous in: Donga Department, where 64 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 17 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 16 percent are found. Barring Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 45 percent are found and Malawi, where 5 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 Tchenga
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