Kama Surname
Approximately 98,970 people bear this surname
Kama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 26,028 | 1:29,471 | 2,185 |
| DR Congo | 21,993 | 1:3,359 | 366 |
| Senegal | 11,254 | 1:1,295 | 143 |
| Turkey | 5,503 | 1:14,142 | 1,774 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4,522 | 1:1,803 | 68 |
| Burkina Faso | 4,243 | 1:4,325 | 512 |
| Nigeria | 4,226 | 1:41,917 | 3,311 |
| South Africa | 4,011 | 1:13,507 | 1,696 |
| Japan | 2,144 | 1:59,629 | 4,499 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,767 | 1:13,057 | 1,058 |
| Thailand | 1,494 | 1:47,281 | 5,465 |
| Indonesia | 1,485 | 1:89,057 | 9,330 |
| Kenya | 1,057 | 1:43,690 | 4,538 |
| Cameroon | 925 | 1:22,453 | 3,048 |
| Bolivia | 766 | 1:13,860 | 1,343 |
| Malaysia | 752 | 1:39,221 | 3,213 |
| United States | 652 | 1:555,919 | 45,866 |
| Fiji | 628 | 1:1,424 | 193 |
| Iran | 621 | 1:123,643 | 11,440 |
| Liberia | 578 | 1:7,627 | 889 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Lesotho | 264 | 1:7,699 | 1,682 |
| Tanzania | 252 | 1:210,086 | 17,710 |
| Solomon Islands | 230 | 1:2,522 | 236 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Pakistan | 195 | 1:916,122 | 12,378 |
| Niger | 194 | 1:98,928 | 4,076 |
| Russia | 194 | 1:742,902 | 62,269 |
| Congo | 169 | 1:29,521 | 3,064 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| England | 130 | 1:428,600 | 28,863 |
| Afghanistan | 114 | 1:282,045 | 4,567 |
| Philippines | 92 | 1:1,100,415 | 90,271 |
| United Arab Emirates | 79 | 1:115,978 | 9,837 |
| Zimbabwe | 74 | 1:208,625 | 23,867 |
| Estonia | 73 | 1:18,107 | 3,073 |
| Germany | 73 | 1:1,102,815 | 73,621 |
| Poland | 67 | 1:567,295 | 52,993 |
| Zambia | 57 | 1:278,069 | 16,150 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Brazil | 49 | 1:4,368,864 | 116,514 |
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| Kazakhstan | 43 | 1:411,221 | 31,868 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 | 1:937,247 | 18,607 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| China | 26 | 1:52,589,291 | 2,849 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Greece | 24 | 1:461,658 | 59,466 |
| Israel | 24 | 1:356,568 | 29,419 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Azerbaijan | 14 | 1:689,223 | 11,826 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Guinea | 6 | 1:1,972,303 | 1,775 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Bhutan | 3 | 1:205,346 | 1,091 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Kamà (1) are calculated separately.
Kama (173,585) may also be a first name.
Kama Demographics
Average Kama Salary in
United States
$44,436 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kama (Arabic: كاما, Bengali: কমা, Georgian: კამა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻣﺎ, Hindi: कमा, Marathi: कमा, Oriya: କମା, Russian: Кама, Tibetan: ཀརྨ།) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Kamà. Click here for other possible spellings of Kama.
How Common Is The Last Name Kama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,715th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 73,634 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Kama are found; 27 percent are found in South Asia and 26 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kama is also the 6,059th most numerous forename world-wide, held by 173,585 people.
The last name Kama is most common in India, where it is held by 26,028 people, or 1 in 29,471. In India it is most numerous in: Tamil Nadu, where 81 percent live, Telangana, where 6 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 4 percent live. Apart from India this surname exists in 117 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent live and Senegal, where 11 percent live.
Kama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kama has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Kama last name increased 13,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kama last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Muslim (91%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kama last name are 26.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 79.82% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kama earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 48.54% less than the national average, earning R 122,292 per year; in United States they earn 2.98% more than the national average, earning $44,436 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.09% less than the national average, earning $39,703 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kama in the Georgian language | ||
| კამა | kama | - |
| Kama in the Hindi language | ||
| कमा | kama | 88.33 |
| कामा | kama | 11.17 |
| कमो | kamo | 0.06 |
| कम | kama | 0.06 |
| कमेा | kamea | 0.03 |
| Kama in the Oriya language | ||
| କମା | kama | 86.1 |
| କାମା | kama | 7.62 |
| କମାାଇଁ | kamaa'im | 4.72 |
| କାମ | kama | 0.97 |
| କମ | kama | 0.18 |
| କଥା | katha | 0.01 |
| Kama in the Marathi language | ||
| कमा | kama | 67.77 |
| कामा | kama | 31.35 |
| काम | kama | 0.03 |
| Kama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻣﺎ | kama | 53.33 |
| ﻛﺎﻡ | kam | 16.67 |
| ﻛﺎﻣﻪ | kamh | 13.33 |
| ﻛﻤﺎ | kma | 10 |
| ﻛﻤﻪ | kmh | 3.33 |
| ﻛﻢ | km | 3.33 |
| Kama in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀརྨ། | karma | 50 |
| ཀརྨ་ | karma | 37.5 |
| ཀ་མ་ | kama | 12.5 |
| Kama in the Bengali language | ||
| কমা | kama | 40 |
| কমরুং | kamarum | 20 |
| কম | kama | 20 |
| কামা | kama | 20 |
| Kama in the Russian language | ||
| Кама | kama | - |
| Kama in the Arabic language | ||
| كاما | kama | - |
| كما | kma | - |
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Footnotes
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