Kamaye Surname
Approximately 7,441 people bear this surname
Kamaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6,801 | 1:2,822 | 296 |
| Nigeria | 537 | 1:329,875 | 18,040 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kamayé (17) are calculated separately.
Kamaye (1,184) may also be a first name.
Kamaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamaye (Marathi: कामये) is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Kamayé. For other potential spellings of Kamaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kamaye is the 66,923rd most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 979,377 people. The surname Kamaye is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kamaye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kamaye is also the 230,515th most common given name on earth, borne by 1,184 people.
The surname Kamaye is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 6,801 people, or 1 in 2,822. In Niger Kamaye is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 75 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 7 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Niger this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamaye in the Marathi language | ||
| कामये | kamaye | 94.12 |
| कामयेाची | kamayeaci | 2.94 |
| कमये | kamaye | 2.94 |
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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 Kamaye
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