Kamah Surname
Approximately 4,116 people bear this surname
Kamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 950 | 1:4,641 | 571 |
| Indonesia | 917 | 1:144,219 | 14,236 |
| Nigeria | 855 | 1:207,185 | 12,344 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Algeria | 384 | 1:100,603 | 14,918 |
| Israel | 230 | 1:37,207 | 5,132 |
| Thailand | 52 | 1:1,358,430 | 190,094 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Kamah (8,744) may also be a first name.
Kamah Demographics
Average Kamah Salary in
United States
$73,391 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamah (Arabic: كاماة, Hindi: कमह, Oriya: କମଃ) is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kamah is the 112,536th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,770,541 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Kamah live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 34 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 67,004th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 8,744 people.
The last name Kamah is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 950 people, or 1 in 4,641. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 34 percent reside, Lofa County, where 20 percent reside and Sinoe County, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Liberia this surname occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 21 percent reside.
Kamah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kamah surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.
Kamah earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 70.09% more than the national average, earning $73,391 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamah in the Hindi language | ||
| कमह | kamaha | - |
| Kamah in the Oriya language | ||
| କମଃ | kamah | - |
| Kamah in the Arabic language | ||
| كاماة | kamat | - |
| كامه | kamh | - |
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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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- 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 Kamah
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