Chamaca Surname
Approximately 530 people bear this surname
Chamaca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivia | 285 | 1:37,251 | 2,308 |
| Chile | 228 | 1:77,265 | 3,104 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Chamaca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamaca Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chamaca has its highest incidence in Bolivia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chamaca.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamaca? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 589,215th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,750,087 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Chamaca live; 99 percent live in South America and 54 percent live in Andean South America.
Chamaca is most commonly held in Bolivia, where it is carried by 285 people, or 1 in 37,251. In Bolivia Chamaca is most frequent in: Cochabamba Department, where 56 percent reside and La Paz Department, where 44 percent reside. Not including Bolivia Chamaca exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 43 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 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 Chamaca
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