Chhama Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Chhama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 80 | 1:9,588,317 | 188,446 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chhama (3,321) may also be a first name.
Chhama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chhama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chhama (Hindi: छमा, Marathi: छमा, Oriya: ଛମା) is most common in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chhama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chhama is the 2,061,309th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Chhama live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 124,020th most widely held forename throughout the world, borne by 3,321 people.
This surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 9,588,317. In India Chhama is most numerous in: Uttar Pradesh, where 53 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 39 percent live and Haryana, where 5 percent live. Not including India it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chhama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chhama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଛମା | chama | 91.67 |
| ଭାରତୀ | bharati | 8.33 |
| Chhama in the Hindi language | ||
| छमा | chama | 85.4 |
| क्षमा | ksama | 10.22 |
| छामा | chama | 3.87 |
| छम्मा | cham'ma | 0.06 |
| छ़मा | chama | 0.06 |
| चम्मा | cam'ma | 0.06 |
| छम्म्ोा | cham'moa | 0.06 |
| झमा | jhama | 0.06 |
| Chhama in the Marathi language | ||
| छमा | chama | 80.65 |
| छामा | chama | 17.74 |
| छमाार | chamaara | 1.61 |
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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 Chhama
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