Kamo Surname
Approximately 24,773 people bear this surname
Kamo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 15,953 | 1:8,014 | 1,158 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,960 | 1:4,160 | 231 |
| Pakistan | 1,957 | 1:91,285 | 3,015 |
| Nigeria | 868 | 1:204,082 | 12,187 |
| Cameroon | 746 | 1:27,841 | 3,783 |
| Indonesia | 591 | 1:223,772 | 20,856 |
| DR Congo | 465 | 1:158,881 | 16,459 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Tanzania | 337 | 1:157,097 | 14,110 |
| United States | 167 | 1:2,170,413 | 136,881 |
| India | 118 | 1:6,500,554 | 147,901 |
| New Zealand | 117 | 1:38,704 | 6,577 |
| Zambia | 104 | 1:152,403 | 10,889 |
| Ivory Coast | 93 | 1:248,078 | 9,899 |
| Brazil | 83 | 1:2,579,209 | 77,959 |
| Solomon Islands | 82 | 1:7,074 | 1,084 |
| Thailand | 61 | 1:1,158,006 | 169,912 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| Turkey | 39 | 1:1,995,421 | 69,208 |
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Russia | 32 | 1:4,503,846 | 209,401 |
| Liberia | 31 | 1:142,211 | 10,418 |
| Albania | 30 | 1:97,135 | 9,519 |
| Niger | 29 | 1:661,794 | 16,082 |
| Lesotho | 27 | 1:75,280 | 9,683 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Namibia | 25 | 1:96,376 | 8,697 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Marshall Islands | 17 | 1:3,048 | 664 |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
The alternate forms: Kamó (2) are calculated separately.
Kamo (24,285) may also be a first name.
Kamo Demographics
Average Kamo Salary in
United States
$57,846 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kamo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamo (Arabic: كمو, Georgian: კამო, Hindi: कमो, Marathi: कमो, Oriya: କାେମା, Russian: Камо, Tibetan: ཀར་མོ།) is found most in Japan. It can be rendered as a variant: Kamó. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kamo is the 21,950th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 294,173 people. Kamo is primarily found in Asia, where 74 percent of Kamo live; 64 percent live in East Asia and 64 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 32,726th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 24,285 people.
This last name is most widespread in Japan, where it is borne by 15,953 people, or 1 in 8,014. In Japan it is most frequent in: Shizuoka Prefecture, where 17 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 9 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent live. Beside Japan it is found in 85 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live and Pakistan, where 8 percent live.
Kamo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kamo last name are 7.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.55% registered with the political party.
The amount Kamo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 18.5% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,972 per year; in South Africa they earn 63.81% less than the national average, earning R 85,992 per year; in United States they earn 34.06% more than the national average, earning $57,846 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.9% more than the national average, earning $54,107 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamo in the Georgian language | ||
| კამო | kamo | - |
| Kamo in the Hindi language | ||
| कमो | kamo | 69.63 |
| कामो | kamo | 29.88 |
| Kamo in the Marathi language | ||
| कमो | kamo | 63.64 |
| कामो | kamo | 33.33 |
| कम | kama | 3.03 |
| Kamo in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀར་མོ། | karmo | 33.33 |
| དཀར་མོ། | karmo | 33.33 |
| དཀའ་མོ། | kamo | 33.33 |
| Kamo in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେମା | kaema | 33.33 |
| କମ | kama | 33.33 |
| ଖଁା | khama | 16.67 |
| କାମ | kama | 16.67 |
| Kamo in the Russian language | ||
| Камо | kamo | - |
| Kamo in the Arabic language | ||
| كمو | kmw | - |
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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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