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 occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tchimi.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchimi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 412,986th most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,634,533 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tchimi live; 51 percent live in Central Africa and 49 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 46 people.
The last name Tchimi is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 760 people, or 1 in 27,328. In Cameroon Tchimi is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 46 percent live, West Region, where 21 percent live and Littoral Region, where 17 percent live. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent live and Niger, where 1 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 Tchimi
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