Tchonou Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Tchonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 275 | 1:37,584 | 4,847 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Tchonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchonou is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tchonou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchonou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tchonou is the 945,594th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname Tchonou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchonou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Tchonou is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 37,584. In Benin Tchonou is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 42 percent live, Collines Department, where 24 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 21 percent live. Other than Benin it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, 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 Tchonou
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