# Kamau (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kamau/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,552 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,992 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 198,934 people |
| Change since 2000 | +194% (528 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kamau 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) | 3.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 4.1% |

## Similar surnames

Kam, Kamm, Kama, Kanu, Kim, Khan, Kane, Kuhn, Kinney, Kenney, Keen, Keene.

## 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.