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 surname Kemaya (Marathi: केमया) occurs most in Cameroon. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,980,395th most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname is primarily 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 frequently held first name globally It is held by 57 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 494,502. In Cameroon Kemaya is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 86 percent reside, Centre Region, where 5 percent reside and Far North Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent reside.
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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