Kemai Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Kemai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 192 | 1:108,172 | 12,669 |
| Papua New Guinea | 109 | 1:74,805 | 9,807 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Kemai (581) may also be a first name.
Kemai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kemai (Marathi: केमाई, Oriya: େକମାଇ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemai? popularity and diffusion
Kemai is the 835,661st most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 22,083,472 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Kemai are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Kemai is also the 347,331st most commonly held first name globally It is held by 581 people.
The last name Kemai is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 108,172. In Cameroon Kemai is primarily found in: North Region, where 65 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 29 percent reside and Far North Region, where 4 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent reside and Liberia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kemai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kemai in the Oriya language | ||
| େକମାଇ | ekama'i | - |
| Kemai in the Marathi language | ||
| केमाई | kema'i | - |
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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 Kemai
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