Tchewa Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Tchewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 124 | 1:167,492 | 17,964 |
| Benin | 60 | 1:172,260 | 17,125 |
| Ivory Coast | 58 | 1:397,780 | 13,651 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Tchewa (1,662) may also be a first name.
Tchewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tchewa occurs most in Cameroon. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Tchewa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tchewa is the 1,022,958th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. Tchewa is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Tchewa reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 188,896th most widespread forename worldwide It is held by 1,662 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 167,492. In Cameroon Tchewa is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 35 percent are found, Centre Region, where 32 percent are found and West Region, where 23 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 24 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 23 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 Tchewa
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