Kameja Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Kameja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 42 | 1:1,260,515 | 46,631 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kameja (80) may also be a first name.
Kameja Demographics
Kameja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kameja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kameja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kameja is most common in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kameja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,661,929th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. Kameja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kameja reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,075,395th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 80 people.
The surname Kameja is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 1,260,515. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 76 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent are found and Kagera Region, where 10 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 9 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.
Kameja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kameja
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