Kishama Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Kishama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kishama (35) may also be a first name.
Kishama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kishama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kishama (Hindi: किशमा, Oriya: କିଶମା) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kishama? popularity and diffusion
Kishama is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kishama are found; 81 percent are found in Central Africa and 81 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 35 people.
The last name Kishama is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Beside The DR Congo Kishama occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 8 percent live and Uganda, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kishama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kishama in the Hindi language | ||
| किशमा | kisama | 80 |
| क्षमा | ksama | 20 |
| Kishama in the Oriya language | ||
| କିଶମା | kisama | 66.67 |
| କିଷମା | kisama | 33.33 |
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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 Kishama
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