Kem Surname

57,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,824 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kem Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the kerne.' 'Kemb, a stronghold. North England' (Halliwell).

Katherine fil. Kerne, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Adam Kerne, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Antec' de Kembe, Lincolnshire, ibid.

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Kem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Vietnam3,1111:29,780447
United States9791:370,23432,841
Papua New Guinea8541:9,548773
Russia7951:181,28720,324
India5551:1,382,10053,327
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Cameroon2441:85,11910,334
Cambodia2051:75,5472,153
Turkey1931:403,22024,452
Nigeria1801:984,12641,775
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
France1591:417,75360,954
Indonesia1321:1,001,88873,451
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Kazakhstan1261:140,33714,283
Germany1031:781,60657,825
Kenya931:496,55825,459
Malaysia721:409,64221,284
South Africa581:934,09859,404
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Ukraine271:1,686,026128,013
Thailand261:2,716,859279,944
New Zealand231:196,88420,367
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Kyrgyzstan211:284,41225,571
Belarus171:558,88650,306
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Taiwan111:2,131,34113,802
Austria101:851,54467,454
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
England91:6,190,895170,599
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Norway61:857,04855,549
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1191:422,00630,979

The alternate forms: Kém (105) are calculated separately.

Kem (16,271) may also be a first name.

Kem Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the kerne.' 'Kemb, a stronghold. North England' (Halliwell).

Katherine fil. Kerne, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Adam Kerne, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Antec' de Kembe, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Agnes Kemme, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas Kerne, 1379: ibid.

1602. Married — John Kemme and Sara Potter: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1626-7. Edmund Beane and Hannah Kerne: Marriage Lic. (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Kem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kem (Georgian: კემ, Hindi: केम, Marathi: केम, Oriya: େକମ, Russian: Кем, Tibetan: ཀེམ།) is found most frequently in Vietnam. It may be found as: Kém. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kem? popularity and diffusion

Kem is the 57,390th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 825,878 people. The last name Kem is mostly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Kem live; 40 percent live in Southeast Asia and 35 percent live in Viet-Asia. Kem is also the 43,919th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 16,271 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Vietnam, where it is borne by 3,111 people, or 1 in 29,780. In Vietnam Kem is most common in: Southeast, where 35 percent are found, Red River Delta, where 22 percent are found and North Central, where 13 percent are found. Beside Vietnam Kem occurs in 79 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found.

Kem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kem has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kem last name grew 823 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kem Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (81%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Kem surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.33% registered with the political party.

The amount Kem earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 45% less than the national average, earning R 130,704 per year; in United States they earn 3.55% more than the national average, earning $44,682 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.71% less than the national average, earning $45,852 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kém89105/
Khem8638,629/
Keim8618,218/
Kiem866,976/
Keem865,414/
Keme864,529/
Kehm862,537/
Kemm861,092/
Keam861,071/
Keum86737/
Keym86136/
Hkem868/
Kkem864/
Kejm862/
Kcem861/
Kqem861/
Kemme751,571/
Khiem751,135/
Keeme75782/
Kheme75728/
Kheam75721/
Kiehm75517/
Keime75451/
Kemhe7599/
Keihm7558/
Keame7540/
Kheim7539/
Hkeem7528/
Kemdt7514/
Kheem7510/
Khemm759/
K'Eme757/
Kiemm754/
Kethm753/
Khemd753/
Keyme752/
Kheum752/
Kemtt752/
Khetm752/
Khgem751/
Keemt751/
Kesmt751/
Keimm751/
Khemt751/
Khemh751/
Kquem751/
Keuhm751/
Kejme751/
Gkeme751/
Kim6718,794,063/
Kym6717,476/
Cem672,368/
Kemova671,114/
Kemowa6778/
K'Heme6729/
Qem6720/
Kjm6710/
Kh'eme671/
Kım671/
Hkkeem671/
Kheamm671/
Keehme671/
Hkeemh671/
Keatme670/

Kem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kem in the Georgian language
კემkem-
Kem in the Oriya language
େକମekama-
Kem in the Marathi language
केमkema-
Kem in the Hindi language
केमkema92
के॰एम॰keema2.67
Kem in the Tibetan language
ཀེམ།kem25
ཀེམ་kem25
སྐྱེམ་kyem25
ཁེམ་khem25
Kem in the Russian language
Кемkem-

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Kem Reference & Research

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