Kamke Surname
Approximately 1,788 people bear this surname
Kamke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 624 | 1:129,015 | 15,714 |
| Brazil | 558 | 1:383,646 | 14,664 |
| United States | 414 | 1:875,505 | 66,354 |
| Canada | 47 | 1:783,949 | 61,790 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| Chile | 16 | 1:1,101,030 | 21,213 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Kämke (32) & Kamké (1) are calculated separately.
Kamke (17) may also be a first name.
Kamke Demographics
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Kamke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamke (Arabic: كامكه, Russian: Камке) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Kämke or Kamké. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kamke is the 226,928th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,075,809 people. Kamke is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Kamke live; 36 percent live in Western Europe and 35 percent live in Germanic Europe. Kamke is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring forename internationally, borne by 17 people.
Kamke is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 624 people, or 1 in 129,015. In Germany Kamke is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent reside, Berlin, where 19 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 31 percent reside and The United States, where 23 percent reside.
Kamke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kamke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kamke last name expanded 3,764 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kamke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kamke last name are 12.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.95% registered with the party.
The amount Kamke earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.54% less than the national average, earning R 22,476 per year; in United States they earn 6.05% less than the national average, earning $40,539 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.9% less than the national average, earning $44,268 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamke in the Russian language | ||
| Камке | kamke | - |
| Kamke in the Arabic language | ||
| كامكه | kamkh | - |
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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 Kamke
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