Kadama Surname
Approximately 4,765 people bear this surname
Kadama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,192 | 1:17,810 | 2,724 |
| Tanzania | 1,684 | 1:31,438 | 3,713 |
| India | 291 | 1:2,635,964 | 82,688 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Niger | 67 | 1:286,448 | 8,737 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Zambia | 28 | 1:566,069 | 23,715 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kadama (1,589) may also be a first name.
Kadama Demographics
Kadama Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kadama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kadama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kadama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﺪﺍﻣﻪ, Hindi: कदमा, Marathi: काडमा, Oriya: କଦମା, Russian: Кадама) occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kadama.
How Common Is The Last Name Kadama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 99,356th most common family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,529,391 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kadama live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kadama is also the 193,966th most commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 1,589 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 2,192 people, or 1 in 17,810. In Uganda Kadama is most common in: Bugiri District, where 46 percent reside, Namutumba District, where 10 percent reside and Kaliro District, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Uganda Kadama is found in 29 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 35 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.
Kadama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kadama surname is principally Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kadama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kadama in the Oriya language | ||
| କଦମା | kadama | 92.2 |
| କାଡାମା | kadama | 1.83 |
| କାଡମା | kadama | 1.38 |
| କଡମା | kadama | 0.92 |
| କଦାମା | kadama | 0.92 |
| କାଦମା | kadama | 0.92 |
| କୁଦୁମା | kuduma | 0.46 |
| କାଦାମା | kadama | 0.46 |
| କଦମ | kadama | 0.46 |
| Kadama in the Marathi language | ||
| काडमा | kadama | 82.3 |
| कदम | kadama | 7.14 |
| कदमा | kadama | 6.52 |
| कडमा | kadama | 2.8 |
| कडाम | kadama | 0.62 |
| िसडाम | isadama | 0.31 |
| कादमा | kadama | 0.31 |
| Kadama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﺪﺍﻣﻪ | khdamh | 80 |
| ﻛﺎﺩﺍﻣﺎ | kadama | 20 |
| Kadama in the Hindi language | ||
| कदमा | kadama | 58.76 |
| कदामा | kadama | 40.21 |
| कादमा | kadama | 1.03 |
| Kadama in the Russian language | ||
| Кадама | kadama | - |
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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 Kadama
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