Chazama Surname
Approximately 2,202 people bear this surname
Chazama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,170 | 1:7,889 | 1,179 |
| Zimbabwe | 32 | 1:482,445 | 40,356 |
Chazama (149) may also be a first name.
Chazama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chazama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chazama is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chazama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chazama is the 191,413th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,309,512 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chazama live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 754,880th most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 149 people.
The surname Chazama is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 2,170 people, or 1 in 7,889. Beside Malawi this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Chazama
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