Kamyab Surname
Approximately 8,126 people bear this surname
Kamyab Surname User-submission:
The surname Kamyab is derived from the two words of the Farsi language, kam , meaning 'success', and yab, meaning 'to find'. The a sound in both words is the open back unrounded vowel, or ɑ. Kamyab means 'to find success', or 'to be 'successful'.
Read More About This SurnameKamyab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 7,851 | 1:9,780 | 1,331 |
| United States | 97 | 1:3,736,690 | 206,520 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Pakistan | 27 | 1:6,616,440 | 38,275 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Kamyab (892) may also be a first name.
Kamyab Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Kamyab is derived from the two words of the Farsi language, kam , meaning 'success', and yab, meaning 'to find'. The a sound in both words is the open back unrounded vowel, or ɑ. Kamyab means 'to find success', or 'to be 'successful'.
If kam is pronounced using an open front unrounded vowel (/a/), it changes the meaning of the word to 'less'. In this case, Kamyab would mean 'rare'. This form is not usually used as a surname.
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Average Kamyab Salary in
United States
$64,937 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kamyab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kamyab Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kamyab (Hindi: कामयाब, Marathi: कामयाब, Russian: Камьяб) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kamyab? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kamyab is the 61,839th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 896,818 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Kamyab live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Kamyab is also the 272,088th most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 892 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 7,851 people, or 1 in 9,780. In Iran Kamyab is mostly found in: Fars Province, where 22 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 18 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 14 percent reside. Other than Iran this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Kamyab Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kamyab surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kamyab earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 21.52% more than the national average, earning 420,545 kr per year; in United States they earn 50.49% more than the national average, earning $64,937 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.36% more than the national average, earning $71,723 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kamyab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kamyab in the Marathi language | ||
| कामयाब | kamayaba | - |
| Kamyab in the Hindi language | ||
| कामयाब | kamayaba | 93.88 |
| काम्याब | kamyaba | 2.04 |
| कम्यब | kamyaba | 2.04 |
| कमयाब | kamayaba | 2.04 |
| Kamyab in the Russian language | ||
| Камьяб | kamab | - |
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Footnotes
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