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
The last name Chasama (Hindi: चसमा, Oriya: ଚାଷାମା) is most common in Tanzania. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chasama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 313,233rd most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 6,072,955 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chasama reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Chasama is also the 657,437th most frequently used forename world-wide, held by 191 people.
The last name Chasama is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,195 people, or 1 in 44,303. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Geita Region, where 37 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 23 percent are found and Kigoma Region, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Chasama occurs in 3 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Chasama
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