Kaama Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
Kaama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 133 | 1:293,528 | 20,541 |
| India | 116 | 1:6,612,633 | 149,434 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kaama (125) may also be a first name.
Kaama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaama is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 783,439th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Kaama reside; 40 percent reside in East Africa and 40 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kaama is also the 832,731st most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 125 people.
The surname Kaama is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 293,528. In Uganda Kaama is primarily found in: Namutumba District, where 36 percent live, Pallisa District, where 18 percent live and Kampala District, where 11 percent live. Aside from Uganda this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in India, where 32 percent live and The DR Congo, where 15 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
- 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 Kaama
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