Kema Surname
Approximately 7,998 people bear this surname
Kema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,962 | 1:24,942 | 3,146 |
| India | 1,150 | 1:667,013 | 31,342 |
| Tanzania | 885 | 1:59,821 | 6,431 |
| Papua New Guinea | 704 | 1:11,582 | 1,039 |
| Nigeria | 528 | 1:335,498 | 18,279 |
| Cameroon | 471 | 1:44,096 | 5,810 |
| South Africa | 367 | 1:147,623 | 16,807 |
| Ivory Coast | 146 | 1:158,022 | 7,282 |
| Solomon Islands | 134 | 1:4,329 | 523 |
| Indonesia | 111 | 1:1,191,434 | 84,297 |
| Japan | 110 | 1:1,162,221 | 21,631 |
| Netherlands | 86 | 1:196,363 | 27,376 |
| United States | 78 | 1:4,646,909 | 242,363 |
| Russia | 50 | 1:2,882,461 | 158,532 |
| Kazakhstan | 29 | 1:609,741 | 42,435 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Kema (5,536) may also be a first name.
Kema Demographics
Kema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kema (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﻪ, Hindi: केमा, Marathi: केमा, Oriya: େକମା, Russian: Кема, Tibetan: ཀི་མ་) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kema is the 62,729th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 911,171 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 68 percent of Kema reside; 43 percent reside in Central Africa and 43 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kema is also the 90,172nd most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 5,536 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,962 people, or 1 in 24,942. Excluding The DR Congo Kema is found in 48 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live and Tanzania, where 11 percent live.
Kema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kema has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kema surname expanded 975 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kema last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kema surname are 28.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 81.25% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kema earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.06% more than the national average, earning R 435,012 per year and in United States they earn 24.81% more than the national average, earning $53,854 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kema in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀི་མ་ | kima | - |
| Kema in the Hindi language | ||
| केमा | kema | 98.49 |
| Kema in the Marathi language | ||
| केमा | kema | 95.2 |
| कॅमा | kema | 4.8 |
| Kema in the Oriya language | ||
| େକମା | ekama | 92.31 |
| େହମ | ehama | 7.69 |
| Kema in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻤﻪ | kmh | 50 |
| ﻛﻤﺔ | kmt | 25 |
| ﻛﻴﻤﺎ | kyma | 25 |
| Kema in the Russian language | ||
| Кема | kema | - |
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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 Kema
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