Kaminye Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kaminye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaminye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia241:660,41325,715
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kaminye (34) may also be a first name.

Kaminye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kaminye Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kaminye occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaminye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,798,600th most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaminye reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 34 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 660,413. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 96 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent are found. Not including Zambia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Ghana, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Kaminye
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis