Kamahya Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Kamahya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 31 | 1:77,723 | 7,760 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kamahya (85) may also be a first name.
Kamahya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamahya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamahya is found most frequently in Namibia. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamahya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,141,416th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Kamahya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamahya are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most widespread first name globally, borne by 85 people.
Kamahya is most common in Namibia, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 77,723. In Namibia it is primarily found in: Kavango East Region, where 84 percent reside, Erongo Region, where 13 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Namibia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 18 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Kamahya
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