Chomola Surname
Approximately 2,727 people bear this surname
Chomola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,559 | 1:20,688 | 2,609 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Chomola (88) may also be a first name.
Chomola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chomola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chomola (Tibetan: མཚོ་མོ་ལ།) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chomola? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 159,970th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,672,367 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chomola live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Chomola is also the 1,017,994th most frequent forename world-wide, held by 88 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,559 people, or 1 in 20,688. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 61 percent reside, Rukwa Region, where 10 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chomola Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chomola in the Tibetan language | ||
| མཚོ་མོ་ལ། | tsomola | - |
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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 Chomola
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