Chamama Surname
Approximately 627 people bear this surname
Chamama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 575 | 1:29,772 | 4,476 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chamama (20) may also be a first name.
Chamama Demographics
Average Chamama Salary in
United States
$69,300 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chamama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chamama (Bengali: চামমা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﺎﻣﻪ) is most common in Malawi. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chamama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 519,402nd most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,622,880 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Chamama are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 20 people.
Chamama is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 575 people, or 1 in 29,772. Outside of Malawi this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.
Chamama Last Name Statistics demography
Chamama earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 60.61% more than the national average, earning $69,300 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻤﺎﻣﻪ | shmamh | - |
| Chamama in the Bengali language | ||
| চামমা | camama | - |
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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 Chamama
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