Tchessa Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Tchessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 55 | 1:419,477 | 14,125 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
Tchessa (23) may also be a first name.
Tchessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchessa is found most in The Ivory Coast. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchessa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,121,169th most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Tchessa live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tchessa is also the 2,239,265th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 23 people.
It is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 419,477. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 56 percent reside, Gôh-Djiboua District, where 24 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 9 percent reside. Barring The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside and Benin, where 10 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 Tchessa
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