Chamla Surname
Approximately 577 people bear this surname
Chamla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 405 | 1:130,720 | 12,231 |
| France | 133 | 1:499,419 | 69,818 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Chamla (313) may also be a first name.
Chamla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chamla (Hindi: चमला, Marathi: चमला, Tibetan: ལྕམ་ལ།) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamla? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 552,857th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,630,062 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Chamla live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chamla is also the 496,565th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 313 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 405 people, or 1 in 130,720. In Tanzania Chamla is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 79 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 0 percent live. Barring Tanzania it is found in 16 countries. It is also found in France, where 23 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamla in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལྕམ་ལ། | chamla | - |
| Chamla in the Marathi language | ||
| चमला | camala | - |
| Chamla in the Hindi language | ||
| चमला | camala | 87.5 |
| चम्ला | camla | 4.17 |
| छमला | chamala | 2.08 |
| चामला | camala | 2.08 |
| चमोला | camola | 2.08 |
| छ्मला | chmala | 2.08 |
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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 Chamla
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