Tchaya Surname
Approximately 682 people bear this surname
Tchaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 378 | 1:54,945 | 7,115 |
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Tchaya (23) may also be a first name.
Tchaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tchaya (Arabic: تشايا) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tchaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tchaya is the 486,864th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,685,551 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tchaya reside; 55 percent reside in Central Africa and 54 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Tchaya is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 23 people.
Tchaya is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 378 people, or 1 in 54,945. In Cameroon Tchaya is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent live, Centre Region, where 34 percent live and West Region, where 14 percent live. Not including Cameroon it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 42 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tchaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tchaya in the Arabic language | ||
| تشايا | tshaya | - |
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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 Tchaya
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