Tchiwe Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Tchiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 41 | 1:252,088 | 22,137 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Tchiwe (17) may also be a first name.
Tchiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tchiwe is most common in Benin. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tchiwe.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchiwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,808,717th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Tchiwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tchiwe are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tchiwe is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent forename worldwide. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 252,088. In Benin Tchiwe is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 66 percent live, Collines Department, where 27 percent live and Atakora Department, where 2 percent live. Outside of Benin it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent live and Angola, where 2 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 Tchiwe
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