Chaluma Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Chaluma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Tanzania | 79 | 1:670,147 | 39,342 |
| Zambia | 26 | 1:609,612 | 24,798 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Chaluma (39) may also be a first name.
Chaluma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaluma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chaluma is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaluma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chaluma is the 748,537th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chaluma are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chaluma is also the 1,637,361st most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 39 people.
The last name Chaluma is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Without taking into account Malawi this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 21 percent reside and Zambia, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Chaluma
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