Kamayi Surname
Approximately 8,467 people bear this surname
Kamayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 8,332 | 1:8,867 | 1,099 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kamayi (546) may also be a first name.
Kamayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamayi (Marathi: कामायी) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 59,586th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 860,700 people. The last name Kamayi is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kamayi are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 360,559th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 546 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 8,332 people, or 1 in 8,867. Besides The DR Congo Kamayi is found in 14 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamayi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamayi in the Marathi language | ||
| कामायी | kamayi | - |
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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 Kamayi
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