Tchewe Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Tchewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 130 | 1:159,762 | 17,345 |
| Benin | 42 | 1:246,086 | 21,801 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Tchewe (48) may also be a first name.
Tchewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchewe is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchewe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tchewe is the 1,185,157th most common last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchewe are found; 64 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 48 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 159,762. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent live, Centre Region, where 31 percent live and West Region, where 24 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 21 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent live.
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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 Tchewe
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