Chamuya Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Chamuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 29 | 1:1,825,573 | 47,638 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Chamuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chamuya is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chamuya.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamuya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,746,821st most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Chamuya live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 1,825,573. In Tanzania Chamuya is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 31 percent are found, Ruvuma Region, where 31 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 31 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 40 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Chamuya
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