Kachama Surname
Approximately 2,039 people bear this surname
Kachama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,300 | 1:12,192 | 1,402 |
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Niger | 39 | 1:492,103 | 12,962 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kachama (90) may also be a first name.
Kachama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kachama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kachama (Bengali: কছমা, Hindi: कचमा, Marathi: कचमा, Russian: Качама) is found most in Zambia. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kachama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kachama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 203,963rd most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 3,574,078 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kachama reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,005,046th most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 90 people.
The last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,300 people, or 1 in 12,192. In Zambia it is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 36 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 25 percent live and Western Province, where 14 percent live. Barring Zambia this surname occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 26 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kachama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kachama in the Bengali language | ||
| কছমা | kachama | - |
| Kachama in the Hindi language | ||
| कचमा | kacama | - |
| Kachama in the Marathi language | ||
| कचमा | kacama | 66.67 |
| काचमा | kacama | 33.33 |
| Kachama in the Russian language | ||
| Качама | kacama | - |
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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 Kachama
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