Kamon Surname
Approximately 11,757 people bear this surname
Kamon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 5,182 | 1:24,671 | 2,598 |
| Thailand | 3,179 | 1:22,220 | 1,962 |
| Pakistan | 924 | 1:193,338 | 4,787 |
| DR Congo | 780 | 1:94,717 | 10,727 |
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Ivory Coast | 426 | 1:54,158 | 3,275 |
| United States | 253 | 1:1,432,644 | 98,450 |
| Israel | 173 | 1:49,466 | 6,521 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85 | 1:95,926 | 12,852 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Liberia | 27 | 1:163,279 | 11,522 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Kamoń (106) are calculated separately.
Kamon (94,933) may also be a first name.
Kamon Demographics
Average Kamon Salary in
United States
$38,061 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kamon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamon (Hindi: कमों, Marathi: कामोन, Russian: Камон) is borne by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Kamoń. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamon? popularity and diffusion
Kamon is the 44,165th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 619,847 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Kamon live; 44 percent live in East Asia and 44 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 10,670th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 94,933 people.
It is most numerous in Japan, where it is carried by 5,182 people, or 1 in 24,671. In Japan Kamon is primarily found in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 24 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 18 percent live and Okinawa Prefecture, where 11 percent live. Beside Japan Kamon exists in 48 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 27 percent live and Pakistan, where 8 percent live.
Kamon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kamon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kamon last name grew 4,217 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kamon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kamon surname are 9.09% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.32% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kamon earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.79% less than the national average, earning $38,061 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.97% more than the national average, earning $51,159 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamon in the Marathi language | ||
| कामोन | kamona | - |
| Kamon in the Hindi language | ||
| कमों | kamom | 42.11 |
| कामों | kamom | 42.11 |
| कमोन | kamona | 10.53 |
| कामोन | kamona | 5.26 |
| Kamon in the Russian language | ||
| Камон | kamon | - |
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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 Kamon
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