Kamya Surname
Approximately 19,582 people bear this surname
Kamya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 19,042 | 1:2,050 | 318 |
| Tanzania | 146 | 1:362,614 | 26,759 |
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| England | 69 | 1:807,508 | 43,459 |
| Thailand | 56 | 1:1,261,399 | 181,528 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Kamya (1,892) may also be a first name.
Kamya Demographics
Average Kamya Salary in
United States
$85,869 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kamya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kamya (Bengali: কম্যা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﻤﻴﺔ, Hindi: काम्या, Marathi: कामया, Oriya: କାମଯ୍) is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 27,453rd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 372,155 people. Kamya occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kamya reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kamya is also the 174,772nd most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 1,892 people.
Kamya is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 19,042 people, or 1 in 2,050. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 17 percent live, Kampala District, where 10 percent live and Mukono District, where 6 percent live. Outside of Uganda this surname occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Kamya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kamya surname are 37.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90.91% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kamya earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.79% less than the national average, earning R 90,792 per year and in United States they earn 99.01% more than the national average, earning $85,869 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamya in the Bengali language | ||
| কম্যা | kamya | - |
| Kamya in the Hindi language | ||
| काम्या | kamya | 86.77 |
| कामया | kamaya | 8.99 |
| कम्या | kamya | 3.17 |
| कमाया | kamaya | 0.53 |
| काम्य | kamya | 0.53 |
| Kamya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻜﻤﻴﺔ | alkmyt | 66.67 |
| ﻛﻤﻴﻪ | kmyh | 33.33 |
| Kamya in the Marathi language | ||
| कामया | kamaya | 50 |
| काम-या | kama-ya | 25 |
| कामीया | kamiya | 25 |
| Kamya in the Oriya language | ||
| କାମଯ୍ | kamay | 42.86 |
| କାମଯ୍ା | kamaya | 28.57 |
| କାମଯ୍ର | kamayra | 28.57 |
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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 Kamya
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