Kamais Surname
Approximately 977 people bear this surname
Kamais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 955 | 1:48,356 | 4,953 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kamais (560) may also be a first name.
Kamais Demographics
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Kamais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamais Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamais is most common in Kenya. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamais? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 368,303rd most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,459,105 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kamais reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kamais is also the 355,253rd most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 560 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 955 people, or 1 in 48,356. In Kenya it is most common in: Turkana County, where 85 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 6 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 5 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Greece, where 1 percent live.
Kamais Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (95%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kamais surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
Kamais earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.65% more than the national average, earning $56,375 USD per year.
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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 Kamais
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