Kauma Surname
Approximately 10,138 people bear this surname
Kauma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6,422 | 1:6,079 | 1,074 |
| Malawi | 1,072 | 1:15,969 | 2,510 |
| DR Congo | 841 | 1:87,847 | 10,022 |
| Namibia | 561 | 1:4,295 | 791 |
| Papua New Guinea | 422 | 1:19,322 | 1,978 |
| Zambia | 181 | 1:87,569 | 7,272 |
| Tanzania | 130 | 1:407,243 | 28,711 |
| Nigeria | 106 | 1:1,671,158 | 61,739 |
| Kenya | 81 | 1:570,122 | 27,144 |
| United States | 55 | 1:6,590,162 | 310,708 |
| Zimbabwe | 52 | 1:296,889 | 30,036 |
| Finland | 48 | 1:114,515 | 11,267 |
| Sweden | 44 | 1:223,790 | 15,522 |
| South Africa | 30 | 1:1,805,923 | 85,708 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Kauma (699) may also be a first name.
Kauma Demographics
Kauma Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kauma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kauma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kauma (Hindi: कौमा, Marathi: काउमा) occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kauma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 50,599th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 718,835 people. The surname Kauma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kauma reside; 65 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 312,567th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 699 people.
This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 6,422 people, or 1 in 6,079. In Uganda Kauma is primarily concentrated in: Mayuge District, where 36 percent are found, Bugiri District, where 15 percent are found and Namutumba District, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Uganda Kauma occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 11 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.
Kauma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Kauma are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
The amount Kauma earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.88% less than the national average, earning R 159,504 per year and in United States they earn 6.12% more than the national average, earning $45,788 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kauma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kauma in the Hindi language | ||
| कौमा | kauma | 95.45 |
| कऊमा | ka'uma | 4.55 |
| Kauma in the Marathi language | ||
| काउमा | ka'uma | 60 |
| कौमा | kauma | 40 |
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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 Kauma
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