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
Kama Political Affiliation
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Kama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name 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 may appear in the variant forms: Kamà. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,715th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 73,634 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Kama reside; 27 percent reside in South Asia and 26 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 6,059th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 173,585 people.
This surname is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 26,028 people, or 1 in 29,471. In India Kama is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 81 percent reside, Telangana, where 6 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 4 percent reside. Barring India it exists in 117 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Senegal, where 11 percent reside.
Kama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kama has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Kama last name increased 13,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Muslim (91%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kama surname are 26.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 79.82% being 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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