Kamaru Surname
Approximately 6,642 people bear this surname
Kamaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,430 | 1:72,898 | 5,240 |
| Indonesia | 2,136 | 1:61,914 | 6,765 |
| Kenya | 1,024 | 1:45,098 | 4,657 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| India | 169 | 1:4,538,848 | 117,745 |
| Malaysia | 144 | 1:204,821 | 12,037 |
| Papua New Guinea | 117 | 1:69,690 | 9,084 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kamaru (11,513) may also be a first name.
Kamaru Demographics
Kamaru Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kamaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamaru (Bengali: কামরু, Hindi: कमरू, Marathi: कमरु, Oriya: କମରୁ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamaru? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 74,065th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,097,191 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Kamaru reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kamaru is also the 55,737th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 11,513 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,430 people, or 1 in 72,898. In Nigeria Kamaru is most common in: Jigawa, where 15 percent are found, Oyo, where 11 percent are found and Ondo, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 32 percent are found and Kenya, where 15 percent are found.
Kamaru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kamaru last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (75%) in Nigeria.
Kamaru earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.65% more than the national average, earning $56,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamaru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamaru in the Hindi language | ||
| कमरू | kamaru | 86.46 |
| कमरु | kamaru | 11.56 |
| कमारु | kamaru | 0.96 |
| कमारू | kamaru | 0.59 |
| कमरुन | kamaruna | 0.05 |
| कामरू | kamaru | 0.05 |
| कर्मु | karmu | 0.05 |
| कुमार | kumara | 0.05 |
| Kamaru in the Marathi language | ||
| कमरु | kamaru | 67.9 |
| कमरू | kamaru | 19.75 |
| कामरु | kamaru | 4.32 |
| कामरू | kamaru | 0.93 |
| कुमरु | kumaru | 0.31 |
| खैरू | khairu | 0.31 |
| कामरून | kamaruna | 0.31 |
| खैरु | khairu | 0.31 |
| कमर | kamara | 0.31 |
| खमरू | khamaru | 0.31 |
| कमरुि | kamarui | 0.31 |
| केलरु | kelaru | 0.31 |
| Kamaru in the Oriya language | ||
| କମରୁ | kamaru | 62.96 |
| କମାରୁ | kamaru | 31.48 |
| କାନାରୁ | kanaru | 1.85 |
| କମରୂ | kamaru | 1.85 |
| କାମରୁ | kamaru | 1.85 |
| Kamaru in the Bengali language | ||
| কামরু | kamaru | 60 |
| কমরু | kamaru | 40 |
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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 Kamaru
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