Chakam Surname
Approximately 663 people bear this surname
Chakam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 365 | 1:56,902 | 7,352 |
| Iran | 208 | 1:369,147 | 24,286 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Chakam (131) may also be a first name.
Chakam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chakam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chakam (Bengali: চাকমা, Hindi: चाकम, Marathi: चकम, Tibetan: སྤྱ་དཀརམ།) is found most in Cameroon. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chakam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 497,277th most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 10,991,774 people. Chakam is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Chakam live; 55 percent live in Central Africa and 55 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Chakam is also the 811,108th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 131 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 56,902. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 36 percent are found, Centre Region, where 33 percent are found and West Region, where 19 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 31 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chakam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chakam in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྤྱ་དཀརམ། | chakaram | - |
| Chakam in the Hindi language | ||
| चाकम | cakama | - |
| Chakam in the Marathi language | ||
| चकम | cakama | - |
| Chakam in the Bengali language | ||
| চাকমা | cakama | 63.16 |
| চাকম | cakama | 36.84 |
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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 Chakam
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