Kamakia Surname

369,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 972 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kamakia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamakia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya8661:53,3265,356
Tanzania931:569,26536,354
India51:153,413,076951,030
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kamakia (98) may also be a first name.

Kamakia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kamakia (Oriya: କମକିଆ) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kamakia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamakia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 369,806th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 7,497,475 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kamakia are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kamakia is also the 956,749th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 98 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 866 people, or 1 in 53,326. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Meru County, where 42 percent are found, Kajiado County, where 17 percent are found and Narok County, where 16 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 10 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

Kamakia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kamakija931/
Kamakya86128/
Kemakia8610/
Kamokia866/
Komakia862/
Komakhia801,113/
Kamaikya8055/
Kamakhya8027/
Kaimekia801/
Khasmokia751/
Kemokia7115/
Khamaichia714/
Cammakaiya711/
Kamachea6712/
Kemakeha677/
Kamokya57149/
Kemekio5718/
Kamokea571/
Camachio5328/
Komakjoo531/
Kameikya531/
Kemeikio531/
Camacchio506/
Comacchia502/

Kamakia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kamakia in the Oriya language
କମକିଆkamaki'a-

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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 Kamakia
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