Kemay Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Kemay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Kemay (267) may also be a first name.
Kemay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kemay (Marathi: केमाय, Russian: Кемай) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,918,812th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. Kemay is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Kemay live; 34 percent live in West Africa and 26 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Kemay is also the 544,256th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 267 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 741,752. In Cameroon it is most common in: North Region, where 86 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 7 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and Pakistan, where 22 percent are found.
Kemay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kemay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kemay surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kemay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kemay in the Marathi language | ||
| केमाय | kemaya | - |
| Kemay in the Russian language | ||
| Кемай | kemaj | - |
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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 Kemay
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