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    The surname Kama

    A Hindi occupational surname, carried by 541 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K500

    Kama: #40,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kama #40,432, 541 people Kama: #40,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kama #40,432, 541 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kama is more common than 75.1% of them.

    Origin

    Hindi origin

    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”).

    Kama is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 541 people named Kama in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 570,694 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 482.

    #40,432
    rank among US surnames
    541
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.2%
    change since 2000 (was #42,363)

    Who is named Kama

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    38% of people named Kama identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 26% as two or more races and 22% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 38%
    • Two or more races 26%
    • White (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kama

    Kama has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

    Other Hindi surnames

    All 48 Hindi surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kama come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Kama?
    541 people in the United States had the surname Kama in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 570,694 Americans. It ranked 40,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kama?
    In the 2010 Census, 38% of people named Kama identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 26% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Kama?
    Kama is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Kama getting more or less common?
    More common. 482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 541 in 2010, up 12%.