Chasama Surname
Approximately 1,200 people bear this surname
Chasama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,195 | 1:44,303 | 5,021 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Chasama (191) may also be a first name.
Chasama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chasama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chasama (Hindi: चसमा, Oriya: ଚାଷାମା) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chasama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 313,233rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 6,072,955 people. The last name Chasama occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chasama live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chasama is also the 657,437th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 191 people.
Chasama is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,195 people, or 1 in 44,303. In Tanzania Chasama is mostly found in: Geita Region, where 37 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 23 percent are found and Kigoma Region, where 18 percent are found. Barring Tanzania Chasama is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chasama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chasama in the Hindi language | ||
| चसमा | casama | - |
| Chasama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାଷାମା | casama | - |
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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 Chasama
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