Kamboj Surname
Approximately 24,612 people bear this surname
Kamboj Surname User-submission:
A member of a particular Kshatriya community of people living in northwestern India and in Pakistan and Afghanistan, said to be descended from the Kambojas.
The Kambojas were a tribe of Iron Age India, frequently mentioned in Sanskrit and Pali literature.
Read More About This SurnameKamboj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 22,536 | 1:34,037 | 2,465 |
| United States | 464 | 1:781,161 | 60,501 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Canada | 253 | 1:145,635 | 14,918 |
| England | 204 | 1:273,128 | 21,453 |
| United Arab Emirates | 159 | 1:57,624 | 5,581 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Qatar | 87 | 1:27,103 | 2,847 |
| Australia | 63 | 1:428,503 | 33,982 |
| Thailand | 48 | 1:1,471,632 | 200,579 |
| New Zealand | 42 | 1:107,817 | 14,061 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Kamboj (71) may also be a first name.
Kamboj Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A member of a particular Kshatriya community of people living in northwestern India and in Pakistan and Afghanistan, said to be descended from the Kambojas.
The Kambojas were a tribe of Iron Age India, frequently mentioned in Sanskrit and Pali literature. The tribe coalesced to become one of the shodhasha Mahajanapadas of vedic India.
The kambojas had several kingdoms in the eastern Afghanistan region through out time whilst slowly migrating into the subcontinent.
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Average Male Kamboj Height
176.39 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kamboj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamboj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamboj (Hindi: काम्बोज, Marathi: कांबोज, Oriya: କାୋଜ) is most common in India. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamboj? popularity and diffusion
It is the 22,095th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 296,097 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Kamboj are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kamboj is also the 1,152,838th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 71 people.
The surname Kamboj is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 22,536 people, or 1 in 34,037. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Haryana, where 34 percent reside, Punjab, where 20 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 18 percent reside. Apart from India Kamboj is found in 52 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Sri Lanka, where 1 percent reside.
Kamboj Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kamboj last name are 1.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kamboj earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 9.72% more than the national average, earning 379,720 kr per year; in United States they earn 33.11% more than the national average, earning $57,435 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.55% more than the national average, earning $54,426 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamboj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamboj in the Oriya language | ||
| କାୋଜ | kaoja | - |
| Kamboj in the Marathi language | ||
| कांबोज | kamboja | 54.4 |
| कंबोज | kamboja | 29.12 |
| बोज | boja | 14.84 |
| कामबोज | kamaboja | 0.55 |
| काबोज | kaboja | 0.55 |
| Kamboj in the Hindi language | ||
| काम्बोज | kamboja | 51.6 |
| कम्बोज | kamboja | 47.48 |
| कामबोज | kamaboja | 0.67 |
| कमबोज | kamaboja | 0.12 |
| कांबोज | kamboja | 0.07 |
| काम्ब्रोज | kambroja | 0.01 |
| कम्वोज | kamvoja | 0.01 |
| काम्बेाज | kambeaja | 0.01 |
| काम्वोज | kamvoja | 0.01 |
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