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
Kamya Political Affiliation
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Kamya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kamya (Bengali: কম্যা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﻤﻴﺔ, Hindi: काम्या, Marathi: कामया, Oriya: କାମଯ୍) has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kamya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kamya is the 27,453rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 372,155 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kamya are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 174,772nd most commonly occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 1,892 people.
Kamya is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 19,042 people, or 1 in 2,050. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Wakiso District, where 17 percent live, Kampala District, where 10 percent live and Mukono District, where 6 percent live. Apart from Uganda this surname exists in 38 countries. It is also common 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 last name are 37.68% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 90.91% being registered with the 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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