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
Average Kiama Salary in
United States
$45,642 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 46,754th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 657,305 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kiama are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 73 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 193,611th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 1,594 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 7,522 people, or 1 in 6,139. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nyeri County, where 26 percent live, Nairobi County, where 14 percent live and Kirinyaga County, where 14 percent live. Apart from 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 adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (99%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kiama surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for 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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