Kamoja Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Kamoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kamoja (24) may also be a first name.
Kamoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamoja (Marathi: कामोजा) is found most in Uganda. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kamoja.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamoja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Kamoja is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kamoja reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kamoja is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 24 people.
This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 2,602,619. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Namutumba District, where 47 percent reside, Kamuli District, where 13 percent reside and Kaliro District, where 7 percent reside. Barring Uganda it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 24 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamoja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamoja in the Marathi language | ||
| कामोजा | kamoja | 75 |
| कमोजा | kamoja | 25 |
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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 Kamoja
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