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 last name Chomola (Tibetan: མཚོ་མོ་ལ།) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chomola? popularity and diffusion
It is the 159,970th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,672,367 people. The surname Chomola is predominantly found 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 prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 88 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,559 people, or 1 in 20,688. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 61 percent reside, Rukwa Region, where 10 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania Chomola 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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