Kameta Surname
Approximately 5,185 people bear this surname
Kameta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 2,379 | 1:7,196 | 1,051 |
| Tanzania | 1,211 | 1:43,717 | 4,974 |
| Kenya | 774 | 1:59,664 | 5,854 |
| Zambia | 234 | 1:67,735 | 5,969 |
| Nigeria | 116 | 1:1,527,093 | 57,948 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Zimbabwe | 68 | 1:227,033 | 25,258 |
| New Zealand | 55 | 1:82,333 | 11,809 |
| Mexico | 49 | 1:2,533,188 | 21,064 |
| Cameroon | 47 | 1:441,895 | 37,035 |
| Russia | 31 | 1:4,649,131 | 213,487 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kameta (816) may also be a first name.
Kameta Demographics
Kameta Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kameta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kameta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kameta (Georgian: კამეტა, Hindi: कमेता, Marathi: कमेटा, Russian: Камета) is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kameta.
How Common Is The Last Name Kameta? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kameta is the 92,182nd most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,405,505 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kameta reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 52 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 286,135th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 816 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 2,379 people, or 1 in 7,196. Besides Malawi this surname is found in 29 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 23 percent reside and Kenya, where 15 percent reside.
Kameta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kameta earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.38% less than the national average, earning R 115,548 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kameta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kameta in the Georgian language | ||
| კამეტა | kameta | - |
| Kameta in the Marathi language | ||
| कमेटा | kameta | - |
| Kameta in the Hindi language | ||
| कमेता | kameta | 60 |
| कामेता | kameta | 40 |
| Kameta in the Russian language | ||
| Камета | kameta | - |
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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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- 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 Kameta
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