Chuma Surname
Approximately 70,043 people bear this surname
Chuma Surname Definition:
Chuma is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: a person who has immense wealth.
Chuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 17,296 | 1:3,061 | 424 |
| Zimbabwe | 14,788 | 1:1,044 | 44 |
| Mozambique | 6,798 | 1:4,010 | 928 |
| Zambia | 6,084 | 1:2,605 | 338 |
| South Africa | 5,123 | 1:10,575 | 1,317 |
| Japan | 5,006 | 1:25,538 | 2,659 |
| Kenya | 4,198 | 1:11,000 | 1,386 |
| Malawi | 3,660 | 1:4,677 | 653 |
| DR Congo | 1,389 | 1:53,189 | 6,411 |
| Ecuador | 1,341 | 1:11,861 | 1,895 |
| Thailand | 679 | 1:104,033 | 15,034 |
| Uganda | 665 | 1:58,706 | 6,850 |
| Ukraine | 614 | 1:74,141 | 10,633 |
| Botswana | 397 | 1:5,509 | 868 |
| Peru | 361 | 1:88,045 | 5,912 |
| Nigeria | 290 | 1:610,837 | 29,086 |
| United States | 270 | 1:1,342,440 | 93,444 |
| Russia | 221 | 1:652,141 | 56,430 |
| Brazil | 184 | 1:1,163,447 | 40,409 |
| Bolivia | 150 | 1:70,776 | 3,360 |
| England | 104 | 1:535,751 | 33,356 |
| Poland | 83 | 1:457,937 | 46,478 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| Belarus | 25 | 1:380,042 | 39,396 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Chile | 17 | 1:1,036,263 | 20,476 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Transnistria | 4 | 1:118,675 | 12,470 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Chuma (14,000) may also be a first name.
Chuma Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Chuma is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: a person who has immense wealth.
Chuma is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: beads.
Chuma is a surname of the Shona - Zimbabwe tribe, meaning: beads.
Chuma is a surname of the Mbunda tribe, meaning: a big object.
Chuma is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: wealth.
Chuma Demographics
Average Chuma Salary in
United States
$44,393 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chuma (Bengali: চুমা, Hindi: छुमा, Marathi: चुमा, Oriya: ଚୁମା, Russian: Чума, Tibetan: ཅུ་མ་) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chuma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chuma is the 8,127th most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 104,044 people. The last name Chuma is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Chuma live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 48,615th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 14,000 people.
The last name Chuma is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 17,296 people, or 1 in 3,061. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 21 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent live and Pwani Region, where 7 percent live. Other than Tanzania Chuma occurs in 78 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 21 percent live and Mozambique, where 10 percent live.
Chuma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Chuma last name is primarily Orthodox (73%) in Russia, Orthodox (50%) in Belarus, Christian (99%) in Kenya and Orthodox (42%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Chuma are 39.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.31% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Chuma earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 26.07% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,332 per year; in South Africa they earn 42.11% less than the national average, earning R 137,568 per year; in United States they earn 2.88% more than the national average, earning $44,393 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.89% more than the national average, earning $63,539 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chuma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chuma in the Bengali language | ||
| চুমা | cuma | - |
| Chuma in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚୁମା | cuma | 92.94 |
| ଚୂମା | cuma | 3.53 |
| ଚୁମ | cuma | 1.18 |
| Chuma in the Marathi language | ||
| चुमा | cuma | 90 |
| चूमा | cuma | 10 |
| Chuma in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཅུ་མ་ | chuma | 50 |
| ཆུ་མ་ | chuma | 50 |
| Chuma in the Hindi language | ||
| छुमा | chuma | 40 |
| चूमा | cuma | 35.56 |
| चुमा | cuma | 13.33 |
| छूमा | chuma | 8.89 |
| छुम्मा | chum'ma | 2.22 |
| Chuma in the Russian language | ||
| Чума | cuma | - |
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