Kamta Surname
Approximately 4,771 people bear this surname
Kamta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,918 | 1:7,118 | 886 |
| India | 657 | 1:1,167,527 | 47,225 |
| Thailand | 457 | 1:154,570 | 24,587 |
| Kenya | 213 | 1:216,807 | 15,399 |
| Suriname | 205 | 1:2,696 | 419 |
| Netherlands | 86 | 1:196,363 | 27,376 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Mauritius | 33 | 1:39,194 | 7,252 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Guyana | 13 | 1:58,632 | 4,970 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 1:151,553 | 8,353 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kamta (53,874) may also be a first name.
Kamta Demographics
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Kamta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamta (Bengali: কামতা, Hindi: कामता, Marathi: कामता, Oriya: କାମତା, Russian: Камта) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamta? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 99,246th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,527,467 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Kamta are found; 59 percent are found in Central Africa and 58 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kamta is also the 17,350th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 53,874 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,918 people, or 1 in 7,118. In Cameroon Kamta is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 39 percent reside, Centre Region, where 35 percent reside and West Region, where 15 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 30 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent reside and Thailand, where 10 percent reside.
Kamta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Kamta are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
Kamta earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamta in the Bengali language | ||
| কামতা | kamata | - |
| Kamta in the Hindi language | ||
| कामता | kamata | 97.56 |
| कमता | kamata | 2.11 |
| काम्ता | kamta | 0.19 |
| कम्ता | kamta | 0.03 |
| काँता | kamta | 0.03 |
| कमला | kamala | 0.01 |
| काम्टा | kamta | 0.01 |
| कमटा | kamata | 0.01 |
| कम | kama | 0 |
| कामका | kamaka | 0 |
| कामला | kamala | 0 |
| कान्ता | kanta | 0 |
| कामतू | kamatu | 0 |
| हमीद | hamida | 0 |
| कामती | kamati | 0 |
| Kamta in the Marathi language | ||
| कामता | kamata | 79.12 |
| कामत | kamata | 6.73 |
| कमता | kamata | 5.72 |
| कांता | kanta | 2.02 |
| कामतां | kamatam | 2.02 |
| कामटे | kamate | 0.67 |
| कामना | kamana | 0.67 |
| कमत | kamata | 0.34 |
| कामात | kamata | 0.34 |
| कम | kama | 0.34 |
| कामटा | kamata | 0.34 |
| Kamta in the Oriya language | ||
| କାମତା | kamata | 66.67 |
| କମତା | kamata | 33.33 |
| Kamta in the Russian language | ||
| Камта | kamta | - |
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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 Kamta
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