Chuuma Surname
Approximately 345 people bear this surname
Chuuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 340 | 1:46,617 | 4,470 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
Chuuma (32) may also be a first name.
Chuuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chuuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chuuma is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chuuma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chuuma is the 809,613th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,123,321 people. The surname Chuuma is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chuuma live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 32 people.
The last name Chuuma is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 46,617. In Zambia Chuuma is most common in: Central Province, where 40 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 35 percent reside and Southern Province, where 23 percent reside. Other than Zambia it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chuuma
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