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
Chuma Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Chuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chuma (Bengali: চুমা, Hindi: छुमा, Marathi: चुमा, Oriya: ଚୁମା, Russian: Чума, Tibetan: ཅུ་མ་) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chuma? popularity and diffusion
Chuma is the 8,127th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 104,044 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Chuma reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 43 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chuma is also the 48,615th most prevalent forename internationally. It is borne by 14,000 people.
Chuma is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 17,296 people, or 1 in 3,061. In Tanzania Chuma is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 21 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent live and Pwani Region, where 7 percent live. Besides 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 devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (73%) in Russia, Orthodox (50%) in Belarus, Christian (99%) in Kenya and Orthodox (42%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Chuma last name are 39.08% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.31% being 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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