Kameya Surname
Approximately 6,224 people bear this surname
Kameya Surname Definition:
Kameya is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: a child who is born as the mother is on her way back from drawing water.
Kameya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2,751 | 1:5,762 | 696 |
| DR Congo | 978 | 1:75,541 | 8,781 |
| Namibia | 698 | 1:3,452 | 604 |
| Japan | 645 | 1:198,208 | 8,941 |
| Tanzania | 442 | 1:119,777 | 11,421 |
| India | 358 | 1:2,142,641 | 71,944 |
| United States | 95 | 1:3,815,357 | 209,650 |
| Brazil | 78 | 1:2,744,543 | 81,769 |
| Zimbabwe | 41 | 1:376,542 | 34,729 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Peru | 27 | 1:1,177,190 | 20,369 |
| Burundi | 16 | 1:612,803 | 644 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Kameya (961) may also be a first name.
Kameya Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Kameya is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: a child who is born as the mother is on her way back from drawing water.
Kameya is a surname of the Luvale tribe, meaning: a child who is born as the mother is on her way to tend to her soaked cassava (traditional tuber) by the riverbed.
Kameya Demographics
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Kameya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kameya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kameya (Bengali: কমেয়া, Oriya: କାେମୟା, Russian: Камея) occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kameya? popularity and diffusion
Kameya is the 78,464th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,170,878 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Kameya are found; 57 percent are found in Southern Africa and 57 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 260,237th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 961 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 2,751 people, or 1 in 5,762. In Zambia Kameya is mostly concentrated in: Western Province, where 38 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 28 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Zambia this last name exists in 29 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Namibia, where 11 percent reside.
Kameya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kameya surname are 22.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.57% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kameya earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 5.24% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,401 per year; in South Africa they earn 58.58% less than the national average, earning R 98,424 per year; in United States they earn 99.06% more than the national average, earning $85,892 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.01% less than the national average, earning $44,711 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kameya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kameya in the Bengali language | ||
| কমেয়া | kameya | - |
| Kameya in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେମୟା | kaemaya | 98.25 |
| କେମୟା | kemaya | 1.4 |
| Kameya in the Russian language | ||
| Камея | kamea | - |
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