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 surname Kamayi (Marathi: कामायी) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kamayi is the 59,586th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 860,700 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kamayi reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kamayi is also the 360,559th most numerous forename at a global level It is held by 546 people.
This surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 8,332 people, or 1 in 8,867. Barring The DR Congo it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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