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 Male Kama Height
173.32 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kama (Arabic: كاما, Bengali: কমা, Georgian: კამა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻣﺎ, Hindi: कमा, Marathi: कमा, Oriya: କମା, Russian: Кама, Tibetan: ཀརྨ།) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Kamà. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kama? popularity and diffusion
Kama is the 5,715th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 73,634 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 6,059th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 173,585 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 26,028 people, or 1 in 29,471. In India Kama is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 81 percent are found, Telangana, where 6 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 4 percent are found. Besides India Kama occurs in 117 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and Senegal, where 11 percent are found.
Kama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kama has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Kama surname rose 13,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Muslim (91%) in Kenya.
In The United States Kama are 26.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US 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
- 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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