Tchounou Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Tchounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 229 | 1:90,695 | 10,883 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Tchounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tchounou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺗﺸﻮﻧﻮ) is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchounou? popularity and diffusion
Tchounou is the 1,064,392nd most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. Tchounou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tchounou reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 90,695. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 47 percent live, Littoral Region, where 34 percent live and West Region, where 17 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent live and Italy, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tchounou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tchounou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺗﺸﻮﻧﻮ | atshwnw | - |
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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 Tchounou
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