Kamar Surname
Approximately 111,780 people bear this surname
Kamar Surname User-submission:
Kamar means 'moon' in Arabic.
Kamar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 61,039 | 1:12,567 | 1,027 |
| Iraq | 18,282 | 1:1,916 | 240 |
| Egypt | 8,634 | 1:10,648 | 1,275 |
| Indonesia | 3,178 | 1:41,614 | 4,777 |
| Morocco | 3,169 | 1:10,879 | 1,549 |
| Nepal | 3,066 | 1:9,289 | 640 |
| Malaysia | 2,066 | 1:14,276 | 1,461 |
| Pakistan | 2,002 | 1:89,233 | 2,965 |
| Turkey | 1,882 | 1:41,350 | 4,254 |
| Kenya | 1,462 | 1:31,587 | 3,452 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,232 | 1:25,045 | 3,507 |
| DR Congo | 780 | 1:94,717 | 10,727 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Nigeria | 430 | 1:411,960 | 21,473 |
| United States | 365 | 1:993,038 | 73,486 |
| United Arab Emirates | 356 | 1:25,737 | 2,881 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Uganda | 289 | 1:135,084 | 12,358 |
| Syria | 253 | 1:76,289 | 3,132 |
| Liberia | 240 | 1:18,369 | 1,865 |
| Afghanistan | 213 | 1:150,954 | 3,224 |
| Algeria | 213 | 1:181,369 | 22,501 |
| Kuwait | 193 | 1:19,693 | 2,634 |
| Qatar | 150 | 1:15,720 | 1,709 |
| Philippines | 138 | 1:733,610 | 73,138 |
| Papua New Guinea | 115 | 1:70,902 | 9,258 |
| Canada | 94 | 1:391,974 | 34,739 |
| Russia | 92 | 1:1,566,555 | 105,717 |
| Bhutan | 84 | 1:7,334 | 310 |
| Lebanon | 79 | 1:71,355 | 5,056 |
| England | 68 | 1:819,383 | 43,863 |
| France | 65 | 1:1,021,888 | 113,182 |
| Iran | 48 | 1:1,599,636 | 62,090 |
| Brazil | 44 | 1:4,865,326 | 126,089 |
| Spain | 43 | 1:1,087,257 | 39,071 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| Mexico | 35 | 1:3,546,463 | 24,778 |
| Kazakhstan | 30 | 1:589,417 | 41,433 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Ukraine | 28 | 1:1,625,811 | 125,303 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Honduras | 23 | 1:383,324 | 3,011 |
| Belarus | 22 | 1:431,866 | 42,756 |
| Israel | 22 | 1:388,983 | 31,283 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Comoros | 4 | 1:187,381 | 421 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Kâmar (1) are calculated separately.
Kamar (91,976) may also be a first name.
Kamar Surname Meaning
Kamar Demographics
Kamar Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kamar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamar (Arabic: كامار, Bengali: কমর, Georgian: კამარ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﺮ, Hindi: कमर, Marathi: कमर, Oriya: କମାର, Russian: Камар, Tibetan: ཀ་མར།) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Kâmar. Click here for further possible spellings of Kamar.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,056th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 65,195 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Kamar reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 57 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 10,992nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 91,976 people.
Kamar is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 61,039 people, or 1 in 12,567. In India it is primarily found in: Uttar Pradesh, where 31 percent are found, Odisha, where 24 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 11 percent are found. Other than India this surname is found in 103 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 16 percent are found and Egypt, where 8 percent are found.
Kamar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kamar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kamar last name expanded 5,214 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kamar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya, Druze (99%) in Lebanon and Catholic (33%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Kamar are 0.45% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.78% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kamar earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.06% less than the national average, earning $43,123 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.35% less than the national average, earning $48,516 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamar in the Georgian language | ||
| კამარ | kamar | - |
| Kamar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻤﺮ | kmr | - |
| Kamar in the Oriya language | ||
| କମାର | kamara | 94.15 |
| କମର | kamara | 3.46 |
| କାମାର | kamara | 0.22 |
| କୁମାର | kumara | 0.22 |
| କମର୍ | kamar | 0.12 |
| କମାର୍ | kamar | 0.09 |
| କାମର | kamara | 0.04 |
| କମାଲ | kamala | 0.01 |
| କୁମାରୀ | kumari | 0.01 |
| କାମର୍ା | kamara | 0.01 |
| ଲାକଡ଼ା | lakara | 0.01 |
| କୁମର | kumara | 0.01 |
| କମଳା | kamala | 0.01 |
| କମ | kama | 0.01 |
| କଲାର | kalara | 0.01 |
| Kamar in the Bengali language | ||
| কমর | kamara | 86.11 |
| কমার | kamara | 8.33 |
| কামার | kamara | 2.78 |
| কমরজয় | kamarajaya | 2.78 |
| Kamar in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་མར། | kamar | 79.59 |
| ཀུ་མར་ཀ་མར་ | kumarkamar | 4.08 |
| ཀུ་མར། | kumar | 4.08 |
| རམ་ཀ་མར་ | ramkamar | 2.04 |
| ཀུ་མར་ | kumar | 2.04 |
| མ་ཡ་ཀ་མར་ | mayakamar | 2.04 |
| བྷ་དུར་ | bhadur | 2.04 |
| ཀ་མར་། | kamar | 2.04 |
| ཀ་མར་ | kamar | 2.04 |
| Kamar in the Hindi language | ||
| कमर | kamara | 79.4 |
| कमार | kamara | 19.3 |
| कमार् | kamar | 0.73 |
| कुमार | kumara | 0.17 |
| कामर | kamara | 0.04 |
| कामार | kamara | 0.02 |
| कम़र | kamara | 0.01 |
| कमाऱ | kamara | 0.01 |
| कमा्र | kamara | 0.01 |
| कमर् | kamar | 0.01 |
| ़कमर | kamara | 0.01 |
| मार | mara | 0 |
| मकर | makara | 0 |
| कमऱ | kamara | 0 |
| कमा | kama | 0 |
| क़मर | qamara | 0 |
| कमरे | kamare | 0 |
| Kamar in the Marathi language | ||
| कमर | kamara | 61.31 |
| कमार | kamara | 15.67 |
| कामर | kamara | 4.56 |
| कामार | kamara | 2.98 |
| कमरिंसग | kamarinsaga | 2.78 |
| उमर | umara | 1.39 |
| कमल | kamala | 0.99 |
| कुमार | kumara | 0.79 |
| क़मर | qamara | 0.6 |
| कामश | kamasa | 0.4 |
| कामरे | kamare | 0.4 |
| मर | mara | 0.2 |
| अमर | amara | 0.2 |
| कादर | kadara | 0.2 |
| कमीर | kamira | 0.2 |
| कमई | kama'i | 0.2 |
| Kamar in the Russian language | ||
| Камар | kamar | - |
| Kamar in the Arabic language | ||
| كامار | kamar | - |
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