Tchowa Surname
Approximately 405 people bear this surname
Tchowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Tchowa (89) may also be a first name.
Tchowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchowa has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tchowa is the 719,876th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchowa reside; 71 percent reside in Southern Africa and 71 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tchowa is also the 1,011,231st most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 89 people.
The surname Tchowa is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Aside from Malawi this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and Cameroon, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Tchowa
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