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
The surname Chatama (Oriya: ଚାତମା) occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chatama? popularity and diffusion
Chatama is the 254,336th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,692,560 people. The last name Chatama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chatama live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most widely held first name internationally, borne by 60 people.
It is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 1,307 people, or 1 in 13,098. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 8 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found.
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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