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 found most frequently in Malawi. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chauma.
How Common Is The Last Name Chauma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chauma is the 99,885th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,539,406 people. The surname Chauma occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chauma reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chauma is also the 1,775,424th most widespread forename world-wide, held by 34 people.
It is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 4,365 people, or 1 in 3,922. Apart from Malawi Chauma occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
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
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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 Chauma
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