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
Average Kema Salary in
United States
$53,854 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kema (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﻪ, Hindi: केमा, Marathi: केमा, Oriya: େକମା, Russian: Кема, Tibetan: ཀི་མ་) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kema? popularity and diffusion
Kema is the 62,729th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 911,171 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Kema live; 43 percent live in Central Africa and 43 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kema is also the 90,172nd most frequently used given name throughout the world It is held by 5,536 people.
The surname Kema is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,962 people, or 1 in 24,942. Aside from The DR Congo Kema is found in 48 countries. It also occurs 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 carrying the Kema last name rose 975 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kema surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kema last name are 28.02% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.25% being registered with the political 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
- 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 Kema
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