Kamiya Surname
Approximately 93,714 people bear this surname
Kamiya Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'divine valley', also pronounced kamiya, kamegai, and kabeya. It is a habitational surname. One family, descendants of the Iwaki branch of the Taira clan, took this surname from Kamiya-mura in Iwaki (now part of Fukushima prefecture).
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 92,373 | 1:1,384 | 260 |
| Brazil | 672 | 1:318,563 | 12,275 |
| Thailand | 206 | 1:342,905 | 59,500 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| India | 57 | 1:13,457,287 | 231,997 |
| Argentina | 44 | 1:971,441 | 61,182 |
| Peru | 42 | 1:756,765 | 16,930 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Philippines | 26 | 1:3,893,778 | 155,597 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
Kamiya (3,979) may also be a first name.
Kamiya Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'divine valley', also pronounced kamiya, kamegai, and kabeya. It is a habitational surname. One family, descendants of the Iwaki branch of the Taira clan, took this surname from Kamiya-mura in Iwaki (now part of Fukushima prefecture). Other families descend from the northern Fujiwara through the Utsunomiya family, and through Fujiwara no Hidesato (10th century) by his descendant Iga and Satake families. The pronunciation kamiya is mostly found in eastern Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands, the pronunciation kamitani in western Japan.
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Average Kamiya Salary in
Canada
$61,789 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Kamiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamiya (Arabic: كاميا, Bengali: কমিয়া, Hindi: कमीया, Marathi: कािमया, Oriya: କାମିୟା, Russian: Камия) is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kamiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kamiya is the 6,023rd most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 77,764 people. The surname Kamiya is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kamiya reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 110,796th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 3,979 people.
The surname Kamiya is most widespread in Japan, where it is carried by 92,373 people, or 1 in 1,384. In Japan Kamiya is most frequent in: Aichi Prefecture, where 41 percent are found, Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent are found and Shizuoka Prefecture, where 7 percent are found. Beside Japan this last name is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.
Kamiya Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Kamiya earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 221.07% more than the national average, earning S/. 62,240 per year and in Canada they earn 24.37% more than the national average, earning $61,789 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamiya in the Bengali language | ||
| কমিয়া | kamiya | - |
| Kamiya in the Oriya language | ||
| କାମିୟା | kamiya | 93.55 |
| କମିୟର | kamiyara | 3.23 |
| କମିୟ | kamiya | 3.23 |
| Kamiya in the Marathi language | ||
| कािमया | kaimaya | 60 |
| कामीया | kamiya | 25 |
| कमीया | kamiya | 10 |
| कम | kama | 2.5 |
| कामीय | kamiya | 2.5 |
| Kamiya in the Hindi language | ||
| कमीया | kamiya | 45.28 |
| कमिया | kamiya | 38.73 |
| कामिया | kamiya | 14.65 |
| कामीया | kamiya | 0.55 |
| कमला | kamala | 0.22 |
| कनिया | kaniya | 0.11 |
| टमिया | tamiya | 0.11 |
| कानिया | kaniya | 0.11 |
| कैमिसा | kaimisa | 0.11 |
| काम्या | kamya | 0.11 |
| Kamiya in the Russian language | ||
| Камия | kamia | - |
| Kamiya in the Arabic language | ||
| كاميا | kamya | - |
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