Chamsa Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Chamsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 157 | 1:246,061 | 26,603 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Chamsa (117) may also be a first name.
Chamsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chamsa (Hindi: चम्साज़्) is found most in Algeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamsa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,227,038th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Chamsa live; 85 percent live in North Africa and 85 percent live in Mahgreb. Chamsa is also the 864,112th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 117 people.
The surname Chamsa is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 246,061. In Algeria it is mostly found in: El Oued Province, where 97 percent reside and Tébessa Province, where 3 percent reside. Beside Algeria Chamsa is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 5 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamsa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamsa in the Hindi language | ||
| चम्साज़् | camsaz | - |
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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 Chamsa
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