Kams Surname
Approximately 550 people bear this surname
Kams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 108 | 1:1,982,170 | 63,074 |
| Estonia | 92 | 1:14,367 | 2,255 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| United States | 62 | 1:5,846,112 | 285,490 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 47 | 1:1,068,483 | 62,061 |
The alternate forms: Kamš (11) are calculated separately.
Kams (2,591) may also be a first name.
Kams Demographics
Average Kams Salary in
United States
$83,496 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kams Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kams Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kams (Russian: Камс) is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Kamš. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kams? popularity and diffusion
It is the 572,911th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 13,250,083 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 34 percent of Kams reside; 20 percent reside in South America and 20 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 144,496th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 2,591 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 1,982,170. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 80 percent are found, Roraima, where 13 percent are found and Amazonas, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Brazil Kams exists in 46 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 17 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found.
Kams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kams has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kams surname increased 132 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kams Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kams are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.63% registered with the party.
The amount Kams earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 93.51% more than the national average, earning $83,496 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.7% less than the national average, earning $41,387 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamš | 92 | 11 | / |
| Kamsh | 89 | 413 | / |
| Keams | 89 | 199 | / |
| Khams | 89 | 39 | / |
| Kamss | 89 | 37 | / |
| Kaems | 89 | 32 | / |
| Kahms | 89 | 28 | / |
| Kamms | 89 | 26 | / |
| Kamse | 89 | 17 | / |
| Kamås | 89 | 8 | / |
| Kam's | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kaims | 89 | 0 | / |
| Khamse | 80 | 418 | / |
| Kamsch | 80 | 37 | / |
| Khamsh | 80 | 33 | / |
| Khayms | 80 | 28 | / |
| Kamsse | 80 | 19 | / |
| Kaehms | 80 | 14 | / |
| Kaamse | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kamshe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Khaims | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khamss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaimse | 80 | 0 | / |
| Cams | 75 | 305 | / |
| Kems | 75 | 258 | / |
| Koms | 75 | 151 | / |
| Kamz | 75 | 25 | / |
| Qams | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khamsse | 73 | 47 | / |
| Kamsowa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Khamshe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kamsova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kamış | 67 | 6,789 | / |
| Khoms | 67 | 993 | / |
| Qamsh | 67 | 323 | / |
| Khamz | 67 | 211 | / |
| Kamje | 67 | 143 | / |
| Caems | 67 | 85 | / |
| Komst | 67 | 79 | / |
| Komse | 67 | 45 | / |
| Kamze | 67 | 38 | / |
| Qamse | 67 | 32 | / |
| Kähms | 67 | 27 | / |
| Caims | 67 | 25 | / |
| Kooms | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kohms | 67 | 13 | / |
| Khems | 67 | 12 | / |
| Keems | 67 | 7 | / |
| Koums | 67 | 5 | / |
| Camms | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cam's | 67 | 4 | / |
| Camst | 67 | 4 | / |
| Quams | 67 | 3 | / |
| Keims | 67 | 3 | / |
| Koems | 67 | 3 | / |
| Qamst | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qaims | 67 | 2 | / |
| Camse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kamjd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Komës | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kcamz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qamss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cahms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ceams | 67 | 1 | / |
| Komsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamshova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keyms | 67 | 0 | / |
| Caums | 67 | 0 | / |
| Caams | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kemsh | 67 | 0 | / |
Kams Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kams in the Russian language | ||
| Камс | kams | - |
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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 Kams
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