Kamış Surname

72,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Kamış Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kamış Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey6,7881:11,4651,483
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

The alternate forms: Kams (550) & Kamš (11) are calculated separately.

Kamış Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kamış Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kamış has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can appear as a variant: Kams or Kamš. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kamış? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kamış is the 72,607th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,073,434 people. The surname Kamış is predominantly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Kamış reside; 84 percent reside in West Asia and 84 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 6,788 people, or 1 in 11,465. In Turkey Kamış is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 24 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 10 percent reside and Kocaeli Province, where 6 percent reside. Not including Turkey this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Gabon, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kams89550/
Kamš8911/
Kamiş803/
Katmiş73910/
Kanyış731/
Kami67387,261/
Kama6798,970/
Kame677,130/
Kamy671,120/
Kamz6725/
Kamj6711/
Kamé673/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kamış
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