Kamis Surname
Approximately 14,586 people bear this surname
Kamis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 2,240 | 1:16,746 | 2,298 |
| Brunei | 2,192 | 1:191 | 24 |
| Somalia | 1,961 | 1:6,860 | 546 |
| Nigeria | 1,897 | 1:93,380 | 6,447 |
| Malaysia | 1,783 | 1:16,542 | 1,618 |
| Chad | 1,252 | 1:10,856 | 1,398 |
| Indonesia | 1,210 | 1:109,297 | 11,185 |
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| United States | 364 | 1:995,766 | 73,638 |
| Papua New Guinea | 352 | 1:23,164 | 2,530 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| India | 80 | 1:9,588,317 | 188,446 |
| England | 78 | 1:714,334 | 40,171 |
| Thailand | 52 | 1:1,358,430 | 190,094 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Finland | 18 | 1:305,372 | 22,464 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Kamiš (182) & Kamiş (3) are calculated separately.
Kamis (7,468) may also be a first name.
Kamis Demographics
Kamis Political Affiliation
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Kamis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamis (Hindi: कामिस, Marathi: कमीस, Oriya: କାମିସ୍, Russian: Камис) occurs in Sudan more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Kamiš or Kamiş. Click here for further potential spellings of Kamis.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamis? popularity and diffusion
Kamis is the 36,177th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 499,626 people. Kamis is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Kamis reside; 36 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 35 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kamis is also the 74,388th most frequent given name on earth, borne by 7,468 people.
It is most common in Sudan, where it is borne by 2,240 people, or 1 in 16,746. Apart from Sudan this last name exists in 69 countries. It also occurs in Brunei, where 15 percent reside and Somalia, where 13 percent reside.
Kamis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kamis has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kamis surname rose 3,640 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 3,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kamis Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kamis surname is chiefly Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Kamis last name are 35.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 82.69% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kamis earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.15% more than the national average, earning $47,958 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.96% more than the national average, earning $63,079 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamis in the Marathi language | ||
| कमीस | kamisa | 70.37 |
| कामीस | kamisa | 14.81 |
| कािमस | kaimasa | 11.11 |
| खमीस | khamisa | 3.7 |
| Kamis in the Oriya language | ||
| କାମିସ୍ | kamis | 50 |
| କନିଶ | kanisa | 50 |
| Kamis in the Hindi language | ||
| कामिस | kamisa | 47.83 |
| कमीश | kamisa | 26.09 |
| कमीस | kamisa | 18.84 |
| कमिस | kamisa | 2.9 |
| कमिश | kamisa | 2.9 |
| Kamis in the Russian language | ||
| Камис | kamis | - |
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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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- 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 Kamis
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