# Kama (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kama/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hindi |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 541 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,432 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 570,694 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (482 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Hindi काम (kām), a typical surname of Andhra Pradesh. * Borrowed from Polish Kama, a surname of unexplained origin. * Borrowed from Turkish Kama, a metonymic occupational surname from kama (“wedge”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kama in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 38% |
| Two or more races | 26% |

## Similar surnames

Kam, Kamm, Kamau, Kania, Kahan, Kim, Khan, Kane, Kuhn, Kinney, Kenney, Keen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.