Kandama Surname
Approximately 1,052 people bear this surname
Kandama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 465 | 1:158,881 | 16,459 |
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| India | 202 | 1:3,797,353 | 104,924 |
| Burkina Faso | 46 | 1:398,959 | 6,181 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kandama (175) may also be a first name.
Kandama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kandama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kandama (Marathi: कांडमा, Oriya: କାମା) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kandama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 347,450th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,927,325 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Kandama reside; 44 percent reside in Central Africa and 44 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kandama is also the 690,096th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 175 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 465 people, or 1 in 158,881. Aside from The DR Congo Kandama occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 22 percent live and India, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kandama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kandama in the Oriya language | ||
| କାମା | kama | 71.33 |
| କାାମା | kaama | 18 |
| ବୁକାମା | bukama | 2 |
| କଂଡାମା | kandama | 1.33 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 0.67 |
| େପଦକମ | epadakama | 0.67 |
| ଗସଲ | gasala | 0.67 |
| େସାରଡ଼ା | esarara | 0.67 |
| ସଂପଲ | sampala | 0.67 |
| େସାରଡା | esarada | 0.67 |
| େବାୁକାମା | ebaukama | 0.67 |
| ପାତର | patara | 0.67 |
| Kandama in the Marathi language | ||
| कांडमा | kandama | 63.64 |
| कंडमा | kandama | 13.64 |
| काडमा | kadama | 9.09 |
| कन्डमा | kandama | 4.55 |
| कंदमा | kandama | 4.55 |
| कांदमा | kandama | 4.55 |
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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 Kandama
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