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
The surname Chaluma has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaluma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 748,537th most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chaluma reside; 77 percent reside in Southern Africa and 77 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 39 people.
It is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Outside of Malawi it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 21 percent are found and Zambia, where 7 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 Chaluma
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