Kami Surname
Approximately 387,261 people bear this surname
Kami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 329,262 | 1:86 | 12 |
| India | 24,000 | 1:31,961 | 2,333 |
| Japan | 16,277 | 1:7,854 | 1,144 |
| Iran | 3,676 | 1:20,888 | 2,664 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,881 | 1:4,335 | 243 |
| Bhutan | 1,825 | 1:338 | 58 |
| Indonesia | 1,800 | 1:73,472 | 7,886 |
| Algeria | 1,094 | 1:35,312 | 6,414 |
| DR Congo | 903 | 1:81,816 | 9,431 |
| Qatar | 743 | 1:3,174 | 304 |
| Benin | 740 | 1:13,967 | 1,905 |
| Chad | 674 | 1:20,166 | 2,465 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Kazakhstan | 439 | 1:40,279 | 5,315 |
| Malaysia | 432 | 1:68,274 | 5,006 |
| Cameroon | 426 | 1:48,754 | 6,377 |
| Ivory Coast | 306 | 1:75,396 | 4,165 |
| United States | 281 | 1:1,289,889 | 90,528 |
| Pakistan | 262 | 1:681,847 | 10,375 |
| Tonga | 210 | 1:511 | 137 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| United Arab Emirates | 140 | 1:65,445 | 6,155 |
| Russia | 120 | 1:1,201,025 | 87,954 |
| Congo | 119 | 1:41,925 | 3,965 |
| Turkey | 104 | 1:748,283 | 37,471 |
| Philippines | 85 | 1:1,191,038 | 93,973 |
| Nigeria | 84 | 1:2,108,842 | 73,007 |
| Brazil | 81 | 1:2,642,893 | 79,412 |
| Zimbabwe | 76 | 1:203,135 | 23,436 |
| Thailand | 66 | 1:1,070,278 | 160,486 |
| Israel | 56 | 1:152,815 | 15,997 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Albania | 20 | 1:145,703 | 11,666 |
| China | 20 | 1:68,366,078 | 3,721 |
| Afghanistan | 19 | 1:1,692,273 | 13,110 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Solomon Islands | 4 | 1:145,007 | 19,402 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Kämi (36), Kámi (35) & Kàmi (1) are calculated separately.
Kami (87,241) may also be a first name.
Kami Demographics
Kami Political Affiliation
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Kami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kami Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kami (Arabic: كميّ, Bengali: কামি, Georgian: კამი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻣﻲ, Hindi: कमी, Marathi: कामी, Oriya: କାମି, Russian: Ками, Tibetan: ཀ་མི།) occurs in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Kämi, Kámi or Kàmi. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kami.
How Common Is The Last Name Kami? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,394th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 18,818 people. The surname Kami is mostly found 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 11,479th most common first name internationally It is held by 87,241 people.
The surname Kami is most widespread in Nepal, where it is held by 329,262 people, or 1 in 86. In Nepal it is most frequent in: Bheri, where 20 percent are found, Rapti, where 18 percent are found and Seti, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Nepal this last name is found in 103 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent are found and Japan, where 4 percent are found.
Kami Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kami has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 28,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kami Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kami last name is chiefly Buddhist (43%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those holding the Kami surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the political 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kami Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kami in the Georgian language | ||
| კამი | kami | - |
| Kami in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻣﻲ | kamy | - |
| Kami in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་མི། | kami | 95.38 |
| ཀཱ་མི། | kami | 2.85 |
| ཀ་མི་ | kami | 0.59 |
| ཀམི། | kami | 0.2 |
| ཀ་མི་། | kami | 0.2 |
| ཀ་མེ། | kamé | 0.1 |
| ཀ་མང། | kamang | 0.1 |
| ཀ་མིི། | kami | 0.1 |
| ཀ་་མི། | kami | 0.1 |
| ཀཱ་མི་ | kami | 0.1 |
| རའི། | ré | 0.1 |
| ཀ་ལི། | kali | 0.1 |
| དཀར་མི་ | karmi | 0.1 |
| Kami in the Hindi language | ||
| कमी | kami | 90.7 |
| कामी | kami | 8.41 |
| कमि | kami | 0.32 |
| कामि | kami | 0.13 |
| कमीज़् | kamiz | 0.06 |
| कमाी | kamai | 0.06 |
| Kami in the Marathi language | ||
| कामी | kami | 62.38 |
| कमी | kami | 37.14 |
| कम | kama | 0.24 |
| अकामी | akami | 0.24 |
| Kami in the Oriya language | ||
| କାମି | kami | 50.92 |
| କମି | kami | 36.71 |
| କାମୀ | kami | 7.19 |
| କମୀ | kami | 2.84 |
| କାଶି | kasi | 0.17 |
| ରାମି | rami | 0.08 |
| କାେମ | kaema | 0.08 |
| ମାିି | maii | 0.08 |
| ବାମି | bami | 0.08 |
| କମିର୍ | kamir | 0.08 |
| କାମ | kama | 0.08 |
| କାପି | kapi | 0.08 |
| ଖଁା | khama | 0.08 |
| Kami in the Bengali language | ||
| কামি | kami | 50 |
| কমি | kami | 40 |
| কামী | kami | 10 |
| Kami in the Russian language | ||
| Ками | kami | - |
| Kami in the Arabic language | ||
| كميّ | kmy | - |
| كامّي | kamy | - |
| كامي | kamy | - |
| كمي | kmy | - |
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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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