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) is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kadama? popularity and diffusion
Kadama is the 99,356th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,529,391 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kadama are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kadama is also the 193,966th most prevalent forename throughout the world, held by 1,589 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 2,192 people, or 1 in 17,810. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Bugiri District, where 46 percent are found, Namutumba District, where 10 percent are found and Kaliro District, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 29 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 35 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
Kadama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kadama last name is predominantly 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
- 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 Kadama
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