Tshay Surname
Approximately 8,715 people bear this surname
Tshay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 8,693 | 1:11,221 | 1,672 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Tshay (28) may also be a first name.
Tshay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tshay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tshay is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tshay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 58,056th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 836,207 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshay are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tshay is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 28 people.
This last name is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 8,693 people, or 1 in 11,221. Excluding Ethiopia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and Uzbekistan, where 0 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 Tshay
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