Kamakya Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Kamakya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 89 | 1:518,875 | 25,986 |
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kamakya (237) may also be a first name.
Kamakya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamakya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamakya (Hindi: कमाक्या, Marathi: कामक्या, Oriya: କାମାକ୍ଷା) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamakya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,589,322nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname Kamakya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kamakya reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 581,650th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 237 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 518,875. In Kenya Kamakya is primarily found in: Machakos County, where 53 percent live, Makueni County, where 38 percent live and Kitui County, where 4 percent live. Beside Kenya this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 28 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamakya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamakya in the Hindi language | ||
| कमाक्या | kamakya | - |
| Kamakya in the Oriya language | ||
| କାମାକ୍ଷା | kamaksa | - |
| Kamakya in the Marathi language | ||
| कामक्या | kamakya | 40 |
| कमक्या | kamakya | 40 |
| कमख्या | kamakhya | 20 |
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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 Kamakya
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