Tchenou Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Tchenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Tchenou (25) may also be a first name.
Tchenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchenou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchenou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tchenou is the 1,398,030th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tchenou live; 62 percent live in Central Africa and 62 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tchenou is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent given name at a global level, held by 25 people.
Tchenou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 214,114. In Cameroon Tchenou is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 58 percent are found, West Region, where 23 percent are found and Centre Region, where 18 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 35 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Tchenou
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