Zama is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Zama
No. of characters: 4
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Zama

How popular is Zama?

Zama is common in India.

Zama is ranked 29789 on our list.

There are about 136 people in US who wears Zama as surname and ranked 126018 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0 per 1 million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
Black 47.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 25.74
White 22.06
Hispanic or Latino 4.41
Zama is quite popular family name mostly used in South Africa while Zambia is ahead in terms of density. Around 16917 people have been found who wears Zama as their family name. Zama is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
51,441 Kyrgyzstan8
7,594 Pakistan5
32 Central African Republic5
90,215 Germany3
16,136 Kenya3
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
18,035 Egypt2
7,299 Estonia2
95,312 Argentina2
89,020 Tanzania2
14,521 Portugal2
1,848 Madagascar2
26,123 Malaysia2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
24,766 Scotland2
1,256 Myanmar2
2,152 Niger2
34,681 Norway2
34,581 Chile1
13,606 Senegal1
30,360 Thailand1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
53,033 Nigeria1
29,774 Venezuela1
10,958 Bangladesh1
2,505 Congo1
49,101 Denmark1
42,479 Greece1
20,172 Hungary1
12,270 Lebanon1
6,688 Malawi1
2,040 Mali1
38,830 Morocco1
118,015 Netherlands1
5,924 Paraguay1
24,176 Qatar1
6,967 Macedonia1
36,678 Singapore1
624 Solomon Islands1
11,831 Tajikistan1
19,533 Uruguay1
7,847 Albania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
109,969 Ukraine36
2,793 Japan26
52,530 Belgium22
50,826 Zimbabwe19
5,587 Trinidad and Tobago18
156,482 Canada14
109,551 Australia13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
120,427 Russia91
104,308 France86
4,697 Burkina Faso84
31,095 Spain79
5,314 Kuwait70
18,012 Peru57
Countries with hundreds of Zama:
12,750 Italy840
7,240 Mexico733
4,747 Saudi Arabia731
3,589 Romania668
11,594 Algeria536
3,002 Moldova189
124,059 United States172
28,040 England167
60,164 Brazil159
66,011 Indonesia131
2,043 Mauritius128
8,435 United Arab Emirates115
Countries with thousands of Zama:
1,261 South Africa5,297
1,911 Cameroon1,883
1,040 Zambia1,656
1,546 Ivory Coast1,607
30,323 India1,207
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Farmer Bionigi Zama from Moberly Mo, Italy aboard the La Champagne from Havre. She is registered to be 21 years old when she arrived in New York on May 30, 1892.

Zama Namesakes

  • Raja Sikander Zaman, Polit.
  • Maulana Ameer Zaman, Politician
  • Anastasija Zamahajev, Film producer
  • Aneela Zaman, Actress
  • Mohammad Hashem Zamani, Poet
  • Annina Zamani, Film Editor
  • Arshad Zaman, Author
  • Arshad-uz Zaman, Amberin Zaman's father
  • Asad Zaman, Actor
  • Asad Zaman, Mathematician

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