Chamka Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Chamka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chamka (168) may also be a first name.
Chamka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chamka (Bengali: চম্কা, Hindi: चमका, Marathi: चमका, Oriya: ଚମକ, Tibetan: འཆམ་ཀ་) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chamka.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,776,799th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Chamka are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Chamka is also the 705,855th most numerous first name globally, held by 168 people.
This surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 17,433,304. In India it is most frequent in: Madhya Pradesh, where 73 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 14 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 9 percent live. Not including India this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 4 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamka in the Tibetan language | ||
| འཆམ་ཀ་ | chamka | - |
| Chamka in the Bengali language | ||
| চম্কা | camka | - |
| Chamka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚମକ | camaka | - |
| Chamka in the Marathi language | ||
| चमका | camaka | - |
| Chamka in the Hindi language | ||
| चमका | camaka | 95.83 |
| चम्का | camka | 4.17 |
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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 Chamka
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