Kame Surname
Approximately 7,130 people bear this surname
Kame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,262 | 1:101,303 | 6,095 |
| Cameroon | 1,062 | 1:19,557 | 2,662 |
| India | 980 | 1:782,720 | 35,306 |
| Papua New Guinea | 712 | 1:11,452 | 1,021 |
| Ivory Coast | 587 | 1:39,304 | 2,573 |
| Indonesia | 483 | 1:273,808 | 24,712 |
| Kenya | 405 | 1:114,024 | 9,688 |
| South Africa | 239 | 1:226,685 | 23,566 |
| United States | 191 | 1:1,897,691 | 123,202 |
| Solomon Islands | 167 | 1:3,473 | 385 |
| Benin | 148 | 1:69,835 | 8,430 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Nigeria | 92 | 1:1,925,465 | 68,462 |
| Zimbabwe | 89 | 1:173,463 | 21,090 |
| Niger | 85 | 1:225,788 | 7,375 |
| Botswana | 66 | 1:33,135 | 6,513 |
| Uganda | 47 | 1:830,623 | 38,869 |
| Senegal | 36 | 1:404,982 | 1,935 |
| Albania | 31 | 1:94,002 | 9,372 |
| Turkey | 26 | 1:2,993,132 | 85,930 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Mexico | 18 | 1:6,895,900 | 33,734 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Algeria | 9 | 1:4,292,395 | 48,087 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 99 | 1:507,259 | 35,553 |
The alternate forms: Kamé (3) are calculated separately.
Kame (43,053) may also be a first name.
Kame Demographics
Kame Political Affiliation
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Kame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻡ, Hindi: कमे, Marathi: कामे, Oriya: କାେମ, Russian: Каме) occurs in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Kamé. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kame.
How Common Is The Last Name Kame? popularity and diffusion
It is the 69,479th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,022,096 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 42 percent of Kame reside; 18 percent reside in East Asia and 18 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Kame is also the 20,929th most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 43,053 people.
The surname Kame is most commonly held in Japan, where it is borne by 1,262 people, or 1 in 101,303. In Japan Kame is most frequent in: Nagano Prefecture, where 39 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent are found and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Beside Japan this last name is found in 69 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found and India, where 14 percent are found.
Kame Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kame has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kame last name increased 193 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kame Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kame last name is chiefly Muslim (67%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kame surname are 24.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.91% registered with the party.
The amount Kame earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 41.52% less than the national average, earning R 138,960 per year and in United States they earn 9.36% less than the national average, earning $39,112 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kame in the Marathi language | ||
| कामे | kame | 98.83 |
| कमे | kame | 0.88 |
| काम | kama | 0.29 |
| Kame in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେମ | kaema | 86.55 |
| କେମ | kema | 13.45 |
| Kame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻡ | kam | 66.67 |
| ﻛﺎﻣﻪ | kamh | 33.33 |
| Kame in the Hindi language | ||
| कमे | kame | 51.79 |
| कामे | kame | 37.5 |
| कंॅ | kame | 5.36 |
| कैम | kaima | 1.79 |
| Kame in the Russian language | ||
| Каме | kame | - |
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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
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- 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 Kame
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