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    The surname Kamau

    A surname, carried by 1,552 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K500

    Kamau: #17,992 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kamau #17,992, 1,552 people Kamau: #17,992 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kamau #17,992, 1,552 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kamau is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,552 people named Kamau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,934 Americans. That is up 194% since 2000, when the Census counted 528.

    #17,992
    rank among US surnames
    1,552
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +193.9%
    change since 2000 (was #39,240)

    Who is named Kamau

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

    89% of people named Kamau identified as Black (not Hispanic), 4.1% as two or more races and 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Two or more races 4.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kamau

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kamau?
    1,552 people in the United States had the surname Kamau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,934 Americans. It ranked 17,992nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kamau?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kamau identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Kamau getting more or less common?
    More common. 528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,552 in 2010, up 194%.