Kiama Surname
Approximately 11,087 people bear this surname
Kiama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 7,522 | 1:6,139 | 844 |
| DR Congo | 1,963 | 1:37,636 | 4,667 |
| Tanzania | 761 | 1:69,568 | 7,337 |
| Indonesia | 312 | 1:423,876 | 35,582 |
| Burkina Faso | 145 | 1:126,566 | 3,531 |
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| United States | 75 | 1:4,832,786 | 249,377 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Kiama (1,594) may also be a first name.
Kiama Demographics
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Kiama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiama is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kiama.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 46,754th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 657,305 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kiama live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kiama is also the 193,611th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 1,594 people.
The last name Kiama is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 7,522 people, or 1 in 6,139. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nyeri County, where 26 percent live, Nairobi County, where 14 percent live and Kirinyaga County, where 14 percent live. Barring Kenya it exists in 39 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 18 percent live and Tanzania, where 7 percent live.
Kiama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (99%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kiama last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
Kiama earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.78% more than the national average, earning $45,642 USD per year.
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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 Kiama
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