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Where Does The Last Name Kami Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Kami (Arabic: كميّ, Bengali: কামি, Georgian: კამი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻣﻲ, Hindi: कमी, Marathi: कामी, Oriya: କାମି, Russian: Ками, Tibetan: ཀ་མི།) occurs most in Nepal. It can be rendered as a variant: Kämi, Kámi or Kàmi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kami? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 1,394^th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 18,818 people. The surname Kami occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Kami live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 11,479^th most widely held first name globally, borne by 87,241 people.

Kami is most widely held in Nepal, where it is borne by 329,262 people, or 1 in 86. In Nepal Kami is primarily concentrated in: Bheri, where 20 percent live, Rapti, where 18 percent live and Seti, where 17 percent live. Outside of Nepal this surname exists in 103 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent live and Japan, where 4 percent live.

Kami Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Kami has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 28,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kami Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kami surname is principally Buddhist (43%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States Kami are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 85.71% registered with the party.

The amount Kami earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 48.66% less than the national average, earning R 122,004 per year and in United States they earn 5.92% more than the national average, earning $45,702 USD per year.