Chatama Surname
Approximately 1,553 people bear this surname
Chatama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,307 | 1:13,098 | 2,057 |
| Zambia | 126 | 1:125,793 | 9,482 |
| Zimbabwe | 94 | 1:164,237 | 20,345 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chatama (60) may also be a first name.
Chatama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chatama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chatama (Oriya: ଚାତମା) occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Chatama.
How Common Is The Last Name Chatama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chatama is the 254,336th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,692,560 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chatama reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chatama is also the 1,270,172nd most numerous first name in the world It is held by 60 people.
The surname Chatama is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,307 people, or 1 in 13,098. Beside Malawi Chatama is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 8 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chatama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chatama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାତମା | catama | 92.86 |
| ଚାତାମା | catama | 7.14 |
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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 Chatama
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