Tchiwo Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Tchiwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
Tchiwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchiwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchiwo is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchiwo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchiwo live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Tchiwo is primarily found in: West Region, where 60 percent reside, East Region, where 20 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 20 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Tchiwo is found in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 38 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 Tchiwo
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