Kamboja Surname
Approximately 342 people bear this surname
Kamboja 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.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 183 | 1:722,673 | 55,771 |
| India | 155 | 1:4,948,809 | 124,489 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kamboja (101) may also be a first name.
Kamboja 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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Where Does The Last Name Kamboja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamboja has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamboja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kamboja is the 814,680th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 21,308,614 people. The last name Kamboja occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kamboja live; 54 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kamboja is also the 940,641st most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 101 people.
Kamboja is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 722,673. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: Central Sulawesi, where 46 percent are found, South Sulawesi, where 20 percent are found and West Nusa Tenggara, where 19 percent are found. Not including Indonesia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 45 percent are found and Cambodia, where 1 percent are found.
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