Chauma Surname
Approximately 4,734 people bear this surname
Chauma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4,365 | 1:3,922 | 535 |
| Zimbabwe | 310 | 1:49,801 | 7,589 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chauma (34) may also be a first name.
Chauma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chauma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chauma (Hindi: चौमा, Marathi: चऊमा) is most common in Malawi. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chauma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 99,885th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,539,406 people. Chauma is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chauma reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most numerous given name in the world. It is borne by 34 people.
The last name Chauma is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 4,365 people, or 1 in 3,922. Excluding Malawi this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chauma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chauma in the Hindi language | ||
| चौमा | cauma | 75 |
| छुमा | chuma | 25 |
| Chauma in the Marathi language | ||
| चऊमा | ca'uma | 42.86 |
| चौमा | cauma | 28.57 |
| चउमा | ca'uma | 14.29 |
| भामटा | bhamata | 14.29 |
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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 Chauma
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