Nashama Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Nashama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 105 | 1:371,803 | 23,930 |
| Namibia | 21 | 1:114,733 | 9,093 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nashama (112) may also be a first name.
Nashama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nashama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nashama (Bengali: নাশমা, Hindi: नषमा, Marathi: नशमा, Oriya: ନାଷମା) has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nashama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,544,715th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Nashama reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 885,979th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 112 people.
The last name Nashama is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 371,803. In Uganda Nashama is primarily concentrated in: Butaleja District, where 77 percent live, Pallisa District, where 7 percent live and Mbale District, where 4 percent live. Not including Uganda this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 16 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nashama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nashama in the Bengali language | ||
| নাশমা | nasama | - |
| Nashama in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାଷମା | nasama | - |
| Nashama in the Marathi language | ||
| नशमा | nasama | 75 |
| निशामा | nisama | 12.5 |
| िनझाम | inajhama | 12.5 |
| Nashama in the Hindi language | ||
| नषमा | nasama | 50 |
| नशामा | nasama | 50 |
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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 Nashama
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