Kamkim Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Barbados

Kamkim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kamkim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Kamkim Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kamkim is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamkim? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,034,050th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Kamkim occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Kamkim live; 58 percent live in Oceania Islands and 58 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Morobe, where 100 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaemkim924/
Khamkim922/
Kamkiem921/
Kamkuime862/
Kamkem8310/
Kemkim831/
Khamkhiem801/
Kamckem771/
Kamkhem771/
Kamkeam771/
Kemkuim771/
Khamchim7169/
Khamkhem7111/
Kaemkhem711/
Khomkhim711/
Kemkem6766/
Khamkheam671/
Camkem671/
Kamcem671/
Komkhem622/
Komchim621/
Khemkhem57206/
Kammchem571/
Cheamchim531/
Komcem501/

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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 Kamkim
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