Tchensou Surname

1,152,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 208 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tchensou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tchensou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1991:104,36712,272
Chad91:1,510,2445,402

Tchensou (468) may also be a first name.

Tchensou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tchensou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tchensou is most common in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tchensou? popularity and diffusion

Tchensou is the 1,152,132nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchensou live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Chadic Africa. Tchensou is also the 393,633rd most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 468 people.

The last name Tchensou is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 104,367. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 63 percent reside, North Region, where 32 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 5 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Chad, where 4 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
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  • 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 Tchensou
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