Kamai Surname
Approximately 5,095 people bear this surname
Kamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,727 | 1:74,027 | 5,131 |
| Papua New Guinea | 897 | 1:9,090 | 719 |
| United States | 481 | 1:753,553 | 58,836 |
| Nigeria | 475 | 1:372,932 | 19,880 |
| Cameroon | 462 | 1:44,955 | 5,911 |
| Thailand | 285 | 1:247,854 | 42,044 |
| Kenya | 168 | 1:274,880 | 18,068 |
| India | 123 | 1:6,236,304 | 144,239 |
| Indonesia | 106 | 1:1,247,634 | 87,669 |
| Ukraine | 67 | 1:679,443 | 71,859 |
| Niger | 66 | 1:290,788 | 8,823 |
| Iran | 51 | 1:1,505,540 | 59,762 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Solomon Islands | 34 | 1:17,060 | 3,300 |
| Namibia | 25 | 1:96,376 | 8,697 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Nepal | 15 | 1:1,898,730 | 7,997 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Kamaï (2) & Kamaî (1) are calculated separately.
Kamai (10,740) may also be a first name.
Kamai Demographics
Kamai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamai (Bengali: কামাই, Hindi: कमई, Marathi: कामाई, Oriya: କମାଇ) is found most frequently in Japan. It can occur as a variant: Kamaï or Kamaî. Click here for further potential spellings of Kamai.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 93,610th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,430,333 people. The surname Kamai is mostly found in Asia, where 46 percent of Kamai reside; 34 percent reside in East Asia and 34 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 58,437th most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 10,740 people.
The surname Kamai is most frequent in Japan, where it is carried by 1,727 people, or 1 in 74,027. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Tochigi Prefecture, where 22 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 17 percent are found and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Japan Kamai is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Kamai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kamai surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kamai surname are 22.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75.27% being registered to vote for the political party.
Kamai earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.31% more than the national average, earning $44,577 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamai in the Bengali language | ||
| কামাই | kama'i | - |
| Kamai in the Oriya language | ||
| କମାଇ | kama'i | 86.36 |
| କମାଏ | kama'e | 9.09 |
| କାମାଇ | kama'i | 4.55 |
| Kamai in the Marathi language | ||
| कामाई | kama'i | 74.77 |
| कमाई | kama'i | 9.35 |
| कामई | kama'i | 3.74 |
| कमै | kamai | 3.74 |
| कामउी | kamaui | 1.87 |
| रामाजी | ramaji | 0.93 |
| कामाइ | kama'i | 0.93 |
| रामजी | ramaji | 0.93 |
| कामडी | kamadi | 0.93 |
| कामी | kami | 0.93 |
| Kamai in the Hindi language | ||
| कमई | kama'i | 69.92 |
| कमाई | kama'i | 25.2 |
| कामै | kamai | 0.81 |
| कमइ | kama'i | 0.81 |
| कांै | kamai | 0.81 |
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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 Kamai
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