Tchiwa Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Tchiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 125 | 1:153,536 | 5,588 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Tchiwa (88) may also be a first name.
Tchiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchiwa is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,415,499th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tchiwa reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Tchiwa is also the 1,017,994th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 88 people.
This surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 153,536. In Niger Tchiwa is most frequent in: Maradi Region, where 70 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 22 percent live and Agadez Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from Niger Tchiwa exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Malawi, 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 Tchiwa
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