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
The surname Kamahya occurs in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kamahya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamahya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. Kamahya is primarily 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. Kamahya is also the 1,039,322nd most widespread given name world-wide, held by 85 people.
This surname is most widely held in Namibia, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 77,723. In Namibia Kamahya is most numerous in: Kavango East Region, where 84 percent reside, Erongo Region, where 13 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Namibia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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