Chaama Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Chaama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 64 | 1:247,655 | 15,017 |
| India | 55 | 1:13,946,643 | 236,652 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Chaama (11) may also be a first name.
Chaama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chaama (Hindi: क्षमा, Marathi: छमा) is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,551,568th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name Chaama occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Chaama live; 48 percent live in Southern Africa and 48 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chaama is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 11 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 247,655. In Zambia Chaama is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 59 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 38 percent reside and Central Province, where 3 percent reside. Other than Zambia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 41 percent reside and Niger, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chaama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chaama in the Hindi language | ||
| क्षमा | ksama | - |
| Chaama in the Marathi language | ||
| छमा | chama | - |
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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 Chaama
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