Tchoya Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Tchoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 340 | 1:61,085 | 7,823 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Tchoya (11) may also be a first name.
Tchoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchoya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻮﻳﻪ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tchoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 637,196th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchoya are found; 71 percent are found in Central Africa and 71 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tchoya is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name Tchoya is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 61,085. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 43 percent live, Littoral Region, where 42 percent live and West Region, where 11 percent live. Other than Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 27 percent live and Angola, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tchoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tchoya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻮﻳﻪ | shwyh | - |
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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 Tchoya
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