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 or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chauma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chauma is the 99,885th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,539,406 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chauma are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chauma is also the 1,775,424th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 34 people.
Chauma is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 4,365 people, or 1 in 3,922. Other than Malawi this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
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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