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) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Kemay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,918,812th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Kemay reside; 34 percent reside in West Africa and 26 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Kemay is also the 544,256th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 267 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 741,752. In Cameroon Kemay is most numerous in: North Region, where 86 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 7 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Kemay is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Pakistan, where 22 percent reside.
Kemay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kemay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kemay last name decreased 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
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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 Kemay
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