Kamish Surname
Approximately 1,335 people bear this surname
Kamish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 450 | 1:120,395 | 14,285 |
| Iraq | 398 | 1:87,994 | 2,777 |
| United States | 247 | 1:1,467,445 | 100,382 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| United Arab Emirates | 28 | 1:327,224 | 22,758 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Palestine | 10 | 1:454,885 | 12,564 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Kamish (273) may also be a first name.
Kamish Demographics
Average Kamish Salary in
United States
$47,655 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kamish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamish Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamish (Hindi: कामिश, Marathi: कमीश, Oriya: କାମିଶ, Russian: Камиш) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamish? popularity and diffusion
Kamish is the 287,524th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,458,836 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Kamish are found; 34 percent are found in Southern Africa and 34 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kamish is also the 537,992nd most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 273 people.
This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 450 people, or 1 in 120,395. In South Africa Kamish is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 85 percent live, Gauteng, where 7 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 4 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.
Kamish Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kamish last name are 5.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.38% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kamish earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 13.83% more than the national average, earning R 270,492 per year and in United States they earn 10.44% more than the national average, earning $47,655 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamish Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamish in the Marathi language | ||
| कमीश | kamisa | 52.94 |
| कामीश | kamisa | 35.29 |
| कामेश | kamesa | 5.88 |
| आिसफ | aisapha | 5.88 |
| Kamish in the Oriya language | ||
| କାମିଶ | kamisa | 50 |
| କମାଇ | kama'i | 50 |
| Kamish in the Hindi language | ||
| कामिश | kamisa | 47.37 |
| कमिश | kamisa | 36.84 |
| कमिष | kamisa | 5.26 |
| कमीश | kamisa | 5.26 |
| कमिष्क | kamiska | 5.26 |
| Kamish in the Russian language | ||
| Камиш | 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 Kamish
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