Komen Surname
Approximately 20,795 people bear this surname
Komen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 18,477 | 1:2,499 | 397 |
| Netherlands | 1,080 | 1:15,636 | 2,373 |
| United States | 264 | 1:1,372,951 | 95,166 |
| Papua New Guinea | 221 | 1:36,895 | 4,430 |
| Thailand | 101 | 1:699,390 | 116,161 |
| South Africa | 82 | 1:660,704 | 48,422 |
| Israel | 70 | 1:122,252 | 13,395 |
| Australia | 61 | 1:442,552 | 34,724 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Croatia | 38 | 1:111,279 | 17,038 |
| Marshall Islands | 35 | 1:1,481 | 370 |
| Japan | 32 | 1:3,995,134 | 36,490 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Turkey | 23 | 1:3,383,540 | 91,291 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Kömen (54) are calculated separately.
Komen (4,331) may also be a first name.
Komen Demographics
Average Komen Salary in
United States
$54,104 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Komen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Komen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Komen (Arabic: كومن, Marathi: कॉमेन, Russian: Комен) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Kömen. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Komen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Komen is the 25,895th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 350,447 people. The last name Komen occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Komen live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Komen is also the 105,023rd most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 4,331 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 18,477 people, or 1 in 2,499. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Baringo County, where 52 percent live, Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 20 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 12 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in 55 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Komen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Komen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Komen last name increased 26,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Komen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Komen surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Komen surname are 24.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.27% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Komen earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 9.69% more than the national average, earning R 260,676 per year; in United States they earn 25.39% more than the national average, earning $54,104 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.97% less than the national average, earning $39,760 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Komen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Komen in the Marathi language | ||
| कॉमेन | komena | - |
| Komen in the Russian language | ||
| Комен | komen | - |
| Komen in the Arabic language | ||
| كومن | kwmn | - |
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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 Komen
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