Kemaya Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Kemaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kemaya (57) may also be a first name.
Kemaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kemaya (Marathi: केमया) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemaya? popularity and diffusion
Kemaya is the 1,980,395th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Kemaya are found; 49 percent are found in Central Africa and 48 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequent forename world-wide It is held by 57 people.
The last name Kemaya is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 494,502. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 86 percent live, Centre Region, where 5 percent live and Far North Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 22 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kemaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kemaya in the Marathi language | ||
| केमया | kemaya | - |
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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 Kemaya
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