Kushama Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Kushama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 163 | 1:324,795 | 24,514 |
| India | 67 | 1:11,448,737 | 210,278 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
Kushama (9,668) may also be a first name.
Kushama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kushama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kushama (Bengali: কুষমা, Hindi: कुशमा, Marathi: कुषमा, Oriya: କୁଶମା) is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kushama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kushama is the 912,827th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. The surname Kushama occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Kushama are found; 56 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kushama is also the 62,671st most widespread forename throughout the world It is held by 9,668 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 163 people, or 1 in 324,795. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 97 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 2 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Tanzania Kushama is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 23 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kushama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kushama in the Bengali language | ||
| কুষমা | kusama | - |
| Kushama in the Hindi language | ||
| कुशमा | kusama | 69.8 |
| कुषमा | kusama | 24.19 |
| कुसमा | kusama | 2.31 |
| कुशामा | kusama | 1.92 |
| कुसुमा | kusuma | 0.66 |
| कुष्ामा | kusama | 0.4 |
| कुषामा | kusama | 0.13 |
| कुश्ामा | kusama | 0.13 |
| कूशमा | kusama | 0.07 |
| सुषमा | susama | 0.07 |
| कुक्षमा | kuksama | 0.07 |
| कुशुमा | kusuma | 0.07 |
| क्ुषमा | kusama | 0.07 |
| Kushama in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁଶମା | kusama | 50.62 |
| କୁଷମା | kusama | 48.15 |
| ବାୁକୁଷମା | baukusama | 1.23 |
| Kushama in the Marathi language | ||
| कुषमा | kusama | 50 |
| कुसमा | kusama | 25 |
| कूशमा | kusama | 12.5 |
| कुशमा | kusama | 12.5 |
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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 Kushama
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