Kameja Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Kameja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 42 | 1:1,260,515 | 46,631 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kameja (80) may also be a first name.
Kameja Demographics
Kameja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kameja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kameja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kameja is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kameja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kameja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,661,929th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kameja live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kameja is also the 1,075,395th most numerous forename throughout the world It is held by 80 people.
The surname Kameja is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 1,260,515. In Tanzania Kameja is most numerous in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 76 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live and Kagera Region, where 10 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 9 percent live and Uganda, where 4 percent live.
Kameja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kameja
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