Kamnya Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kamnya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kamnya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1081:490,20032,950
Russia291:4,969,761222,297
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Kamnya (26) may also be a first name.

Kamnya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kamnya (Marathi: कामन्या, Russian: Камня) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamnya? popularity and diffusion

Kamnya is the 1,348,199th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Kamnya live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 26 people.

It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 490,200. In Tanzania Kamnya is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 98 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live and Singida Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 18 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kamnhya921/
Kamnia831/
Qamnya831/
Kaminn'ya801/
Kamgnia77190/
Khamnia771/
Comnya6725/
Kaimenjay676/
Kamnho672/
Kamnio672/
Camnia671/
Khamnio624/
Kamgnoh622/
Komneah621/
Khamngio5752/
Khamnehei533/
Comnea50149/
Camgno501/
Komnio501/
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Kamnya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kamnya in the Marathi language
कामन्याkaman'ya-
Kamnya in the Russian language
Камняkamna-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kamnya
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