Chamai Surname
Approximately 642 people bear this surname
Chamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 602 | 1:117,339 | 17,439 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
Chamai (777) may also be a first name.
Chamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chamai (Hindi: चमेली, Marathi: हलामी, Oriya: ଚାମାଇ, Tibetan: ཆ་་མའི་) occurs more in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamai? popularity and diffusion
Chamai is the 509,669th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 11,351,318 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Chamai reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 294,392nd most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 777 people.
The surname Chamai is most widely held in Thailand, where it is borne by 602 people, or 1 in 117,339. In Thailand it is most prevalent in: Sakon Nakhon Province, where 55 percent reside, Phrae Province, where 14 percent reside and Narathiwat Province, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Thailand this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamai in the Hindi language | ||
| चमेली | cameli | - |
| Chamai in the Marathi language | ||
| हलामी | halami | - |
| Chamai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାମାଇ | cama'i | 40.91 |
| ଚମାଇ | cama'i | 36.36 |
| ଚମଇ | cama'i | 18.18 |
| ଚାମାଈ | cama'i | 4.55 |
| Chamai in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆ་་མའི་ | chamé | 33.33 |
| ཅ་མའི། | chamé | 33.33 |
| ལྕགས་མའི། | chakmé | 33.33 |
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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 Chamai
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