Chumia Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Chumia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 72 | 1:641,388 | 29,005 |
| Zambia | 20 | 1:792,496 | 27,807 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Chumia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chumia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chumia (Oriya: ଚୁମିଆ) is found most in Kenya. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chumia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chumia is the 1,765,740th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Chumia live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 72 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Chumia is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 641,388. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 97 percent reside, Muranga County, where 1 percent reside and Nyandarua County, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 19 percent reside and Tanzania, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chumia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chumia in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚୁମିଆ | cumi'a | - |
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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
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- 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 Chumia
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