Nachama Surname
Approximately 405 people bear this surname
Nachama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zambia | 121 | 1:130,991 | 9,752 |
| Tanzania | 102 | 1:519,035 | 34,109 |
| Niger | 36 | 1:533,112 | 13,750 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Nachama (111) may also be a first name.
Nachama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nachama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nachama (Bengali: নাচমা, Marathi: नचमा) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nachama? popularity and diffusion
Nachama is the 719,876th most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nachama are found; 62 percent are found in Southern Africa and 62 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Nachama is also the 890,531st most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 111 people.
It is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Not including Malawi it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 30 percent reside and Tanzania, where 25 percent reside.
Nachama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Nachama has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nachama surname declined 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nachama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nachama in the Bengali language | ||
| নাচমা | nacama | - |
| Nachama in the Marathi language | ||
| नचमा | nacama | - |
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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 Nachama
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