Tchimi Surname
Approximately 844 people bear this surname
Tchimi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 760 | 1:27,328 | 3,714 |
| Ivory Coast | 79 | 1:292,041 | 11,081 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
Tchimi (46) may also be a first name.
Tchimi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchimi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchimi is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchimi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 412,986th most numerous surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 8,634,533 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tchimi live; 51 percent live in Central Africa and 49 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tchimi is also the 1,484,914th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 46 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 760 people, or 1 in 27,328. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 46 percent are found, West Region, where 21 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent are found and Niger, where 1 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 Tchimi
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