Tchimo Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Tchimo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Niger | 31 | 1:619,097 | 15,317 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Tchimo (2,015) may also be a first name.
Tchimo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchimo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchimo is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchimo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tchimo is the 1,637,889th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tchimo live; 73 percent live in Central Africa and 73 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 168,331st most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 2,015 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 233,360. In Cameroon Tchimo is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 46 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 35 percent reside and West Region, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Tchimo exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 25 percent reside and Benin, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Tchimo
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