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 surname Kachama (Bengali: কছমা, Hindi: कचमा, Marathi: कचमा, Russian: Качама) is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kachama? popularity and diffusion
Kachama is the 203,963rd most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,574,078 people. Kachama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kachama are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kachama is also the 1,005,046th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 90 people.
Kachama is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 1,300 people, or 1 in 12,192. In Zambia it is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 36 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 25 percent reside and Western Province, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Zambia it is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 26 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
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
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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 Kachama
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