Tchim Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Tchim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Tchim (53) may also be a first name.
Tchim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchim is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchim? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tchim is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Tchim live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Tchim is also the 1,366,219th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 53 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 70 percent live, Centre Region, where 11 percent live and Far North Region, where 4 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 30 percent live and Niger, where 6 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
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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 Tchim
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