Kamama Surname
Approximately 4,170 people bear this surname
Kamama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,635 | 1:28,245 | 3,125 |
| Philippines | 1,002 | 1:101,036 | 17,633 |
| DR Congo | 643 | 1:114,898 | 12,589 |
| Uganda | 352 | 1:110,907 | 10,820 |
| India | 233 | 1:3,292,126 | 95,646 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zambia | 74 | 1:214,188 | 13,668 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
Kamama (1,531) may also be a first name.
Kamama Demographics
Average Kamama Salary in
South Africa
R 89,484
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kamama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamama (Hindi: कमामा, Marathi: कममा, Oriya: କାମାମା) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 111,376th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,747,613 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Kamama reside; 48 percent reside in East Africa and 39 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kamama is also the 198,268th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 1,531 people.
The last name Kamama is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,635 people, or 1 in 28,245. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: West Pokot County, where 62 percent reside, Baringo County, where 17 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside.
Kamama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kamama surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kamama earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.34% less than the national average, earning R 89,484 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamama in the Hindi language | ||
| कमामा | kamama | - |
| Kamama in the Marathi language | ||
| कममा | kamama | - |
| Kamama in the Oriya language | ||
| କାମାମା | kamama | 89.82 |
| କାମମା | kamama | 2.99 |
| କମାମା | kamama | 2.99 |
| କାମଆା | kamaaa | 0.6 |
| ଦୁରୀଆମା | duri'ama | 0.6 |
| କାନମା | kanama | 0.6 |
| କାମାା | kamaa | 0.6 |
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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 Kamama
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