Tchuma Surname
Approximately 1,675 people bear this surname
Tchuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,098 | 1:15,591 | 2,441 |
| DR Congo | 568 | 1:130,070 | 13,970 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Tchuma (208) may also be a first name.
Tchuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tchuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tchuma is most common in Malawi. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Tchuma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tchuma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 239,163rd most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,350,774 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tchuma live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 627,410th most commonly held forename in the world. It is borne by 208 people.
The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,098 people, or 1 in 15,591. Outside of Malawi Tchuma occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Tchuma
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