Kamaiya Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Kamaiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kamaiya (56) may also be a first name.
Kamaiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamaiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamaiya (Hindi: कमइया, Marathi: कमैया) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamaiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Kamaiya live; 44 percent live in Oceania Islands and 44 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,321,957th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 56 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Kamaiya is primarily concentrated in: Morobe, where 86 percent live and Madang, where 14 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 38 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamaiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamaiya in the Marathi language | ||
| कमैया | kamaiya | 66.67 |
| कामैया | kamaiya | 33.33 |
| Kamaiya in the Hindi language | ||
| कमइया | kama'iya | 57.14 |
| कमैया | kamaiya | 28.57 |
| कमईया | kama'iya | 14.29 |
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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 Kamaiya
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