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 last name Chauma (Hindi: चौमा, Marathi: चऊमा) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chauma? popularity and diffusion
Chauma is the 99,885th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,539,406 people. It occurs mostly 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 frequently occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 34 people.
It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 4,365 people, or 1 in 3,922. Other than Malawi this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found 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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