Chooma Surname
Approximately 1,400 people bear this surname
Chooma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,320 | 1:12,008 | 1,388 |
| Thailand | 51 | 1:1,385,066 | 192,885 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Chooma (481) may also be a first name.
Chooma Demographics
Average Chooma Salary in
South Africa
R 93,804
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chooma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chooma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chooma (Hindi: छुमा, Russian: Чоома) is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Chooma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chooma? popularity and diffusion
Chooma is the 276,904th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,205,390 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Chooma are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 387,696th most common first name globally. It is borne by 481 people.
Chooma is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,320 people, or 1 in 12,008. In Zambia Chooma is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 38 percent reside, Central Province, where 34 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 23 percent reside. Apart from Zambia it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 4 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.
Chooma Last Name Statistics demography
Chooma earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.53% less than the national average, earning R 93,804 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chooma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chooma in the Hindi language | ||
| छुमा | chuma | - |
| Chooma in the Russian language | ||
| Чоома | cooma | - |
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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 Chooma
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