How common is the surname Kamara?

6,288 people in the United States had the surname Kamara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,101 Americans. It ranked 5,530th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kamara?

Alvin Kamara, American football player.

Where is the surname Kamara most common?

Wikidata records people named Kamara in the United States.

Is the surname Kamara getting more or less common?

More common. 2,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,288 in 2010, up 139%.

The surname Kamara

A surname, carried by 6,288 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kamara is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,288 people named Kamara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,101 Americans. That is up 139% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,627.

#5,530

rank among US surnames

6,288

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+139.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,095)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,522	Hodson	6,296	49,038
#5,525	Tinker	6,291	49,077
#5,529	Carrigan	6,290	49,085
#5,530	Kamara	6,288	49,101
#5,531	Hardee	6,283	49,140
#5,533	Boylan	6,280	49,163

Who is named Kamara

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

94% of people named Kamara identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Kamaras

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alvin Kamara
American football player, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kamara

Kamara has the Soundex code K560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K560.

Questions

How common is the surname Kamara?: 6,288 people in the United States had the surname Kamara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,101 Americans. It ranked 5,530th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kamara?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kamara identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kamara?: Alvin Kamara, American football player.
Where is the surname Kamara most common?: Wikidata records people named Kamara in the United States.
Is the surname Kamara getting more or less common?: More common. 2,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,288 in 2010, up 139%.