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 last name Nachama (Bengali: নাচমা, Marathi: नचमा) occurs most in Malawi. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nachama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 719,876th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nachama live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 890,531st most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 111 people.
The last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Other than Malawi it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 30 percent are found and Tanzania, where 25 percent are found.
Nachama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Nachama has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nachama surname contracted 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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