Tsakala Surname
Approximately 3,691 people bear this surname
Tsakala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 1,689 | 1:2,954 | 487 |
| DR Congo | 1,594 | 1:46,349 | 5,628 |
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Greece | 7 | 1:1,582,827 | 88,377 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tsakala (138) may also be a first name.
Tsakala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tsakala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tsakala occurs most in The Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tsakala? popularity and diffusion
Tsakala is the 123,655th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,974,410 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tsakala live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tsakala is also the 787,636th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 138 people.
The last name Tsakala is most widely held in The Congo, where it is carried by 1,689 people, or 1 in 2,954. In The Congo it is most prevalent in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 46 percent are found, Bouenza Department, where 34 percent are found and Brazzaville Department, where 13 percent are found. Besides The Congo this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 43 percent are found and Malawi, where 8 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
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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 Tsakala
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