Khama Surname
Approximately 6,072 people bear this surname
Khama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 1,662 | 1:1,223 | 99 |
| Malawi | 1,046 | 1:16,366 | 2,570 |
| India | 577 | 1:1,329,403 | 51,832 |
| South Africa | 555 | 1:97,617 | 11,877 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Nigeria | 326 | 1:543,383 | 26,582 |
| DR Congo | 253 | 1:292,014 | 26,830 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Tanzania | 181 | 1:292,495 | 22,657 |
| Kenya | 137 | 1:337,080 | 20,325 |
| Botswana | 99 | 1:22,090 | 4,408 |
| Zimbabwe | 93 | 1:166,003 | 20,492 |
| Iran | 53 | 1:1,448,727 | 58,350 |
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
| Namibia | 44 | 1:54,759 | 6,488 |
| Zambia | 38 | 1:417,103 | 20,300 |
| Liberia | 37 | 1:119,150 | 9,110 |
| Cambodia | 32 | 1:483,973 | 4,154 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Ukraine | 15 | 1:3,034,846 | 176,305 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Khama (12,518) may also be a first name.
Khama Demographics
Average Khama Salary in
United States
$36,025 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Khama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khama (Bengali: ক্ষমা, Hindi: खमा, Marathi: खमा, Oriya: ଖମା, Russian: Хама) has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 80,247th most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,200,189 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Khama are found; 58 percent are found in Southern Africa and 58 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Khama is also the 52,657th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 12,518 people.
This surname is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is held by 1,662 people, or 1 in 1,223. In Lesotho Khama is most prevalent in: Maseru District, where 23 percent are found, Thaba-Tseka District, where 22 percent are found and Leribe District, where 14 percent are found. Not including Lesotho this surname is found in 51 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 17 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Khama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Khama earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 26.32% less than the national average, earning R 175,092 per year and in United States they earn 16.51% less than the national average, earning $36,025 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khama in the Hindi language | ||
| खमा | khama | 98.59 |
| खामा | khama | 0.8 |
| खम | khama | 0.36 |
| ख़म | khama | 0.08 |
| क्षमा | ksama | 0.08 |
| ख्ांा | khama | 0.04 |
| केहमा | kehama | 0.04 |
| Khama in the Marathi language | ||
| खमा | khama | 76 |
| खामा | khama | 18 |
| खेमा | khema | 4 |
| Khama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଖମା | khama | 60 |
| କ୍ଷମା | ksama | 24 |
| ଖାମା | khama | 16 |
| Khama in the Bengali language | ||
| ক্ষমা | ksama | 40.74 |
| খমা | khama | 33.33 |
| খামা | khama | 22.22 |
| ক্ষমারানী | ksamarani | 3.7 |
| Khama in the Russian language | ||
| Хама | hama | - |
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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 Khama
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