Kamakela Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kamakela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamakela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kamakela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kamakela Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kamakela is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamakela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kamakela is the 8,193,072nd most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kamakela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Namibia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 1,204,700. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 50 percent reside and Oshana Region, where 50 percent reside. Without taking into account Namibia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 20 percent reside and South Africa, where 20 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
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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 Kamakela
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