Tchiama Surname
Approximately 1,036 people bear this surname
Tchiama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 636 | 1:7,844 | 1,169 |
| Gabon | 354 | 1:5,337 | 981 |
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Tchiama (24) may also be a first name.
Tchiama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchiama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tchiama occurs most in The Congo. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchiama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 351,873rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 7,034,311 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchiama reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tchiama is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 24 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The Congo, where it is held by 636 people, or 1 in 7,844. In The Congo it is most frequent in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 50 percent live, Kouilou Department, where 48 percent live and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 2 percent live. Apart from The Congo it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Gabon, where 34 percent live and Niger, where 4 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 Tchiama
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