Kamara is used as a family name or surname in Sierra Leone. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kamara
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Sierra Leone
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kamara

How popular is Kamara?

Kamara is common in Sierra Leone.

Kamara is ranked 913 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kamaras grew by 139.3605 per cent to 6288 since 2000 and ranked 5530 after elevating 5565 spots. The last name was found in around 21 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 93.91 87.82
White 3.12 4
Others 1.81 6.01
Hispanic or Latino 0.62 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.46 1.41
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.08 0
Kamara is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sierra Leone which signifies that it is originated from Sierra Leone. Around 575717 people have been found who wears Kamara as their family name. Kamara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,609 Trinidad and Tobago9
1,411 Democratic Republic of The Congo6
25,156 Azerbaijan5
9,391 Guyana5
2,370 Iraq5
1,778 Mozambique5
11,480 Japan4
593 Congo4
1,295 Papua New Guinea4
8,993 Tunisia3
1,851 Togo3
3,707 Malawi3
931 Gabon3
127,708 Czech Republic3
457 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3
3,224 Afghanistan3
30,723 Georgia3
6,103 Cyprus2
4,086 Angola2
4,302 Benin2
23,344 Austria2
14,004 Hungary2
20,837 Venezuela2
28,083 Romania2
3,940 Ethiopia2
3,791 Namibia2
44,018 Poland2
14,521 Portugal2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
16,073 Latvia1
8,181 Botswana1
37,779 Serbia1
2,374 Bermuda1
10,190 Bahrain1
734 Chad1
120,357 Argentina1
17,768 Pakistan1
846 American Samoa1
7,847 Albania1
3,214 Niger1
4,171 Rwanda1
16,283 Lithuania1
12,745 Luxembourg1
8,268 Mauritius1
7,790 Zambia1
5,467 Haiti1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
16,640 Hong Kong1
11,486 Estonia1
12,741 Ecuador1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
62,864 New Zealand1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,510 Denmark49
36,533 Zimbabwe32
8,720 Qatar29
43,019 Belarus25
3,873 Thailand24
1,865 China24
94,051 Kazakhstan19
137 Monaco13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
5,257 Wales68
70,334 Ukraine66
104,075 Brazil64
643 Iceland60
8,082 Scotland59
5,846 Ireland55
Countries with hundreds of Kamara:
445 Mauritania913
9,211 Algeria714
4,801 Cameroon694
5,888 Netherlands465
1,494 Lebanon460
9,045 Canada446
6,998 Australia412
24,436 Italy403
4,502 Greece393
10,093 Spain369
19,321 South Africa310
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
2,639 Burkina Faso266
22,396 Turkey245
7,981 Belgium230
4,877 Sweden196
1,984 Kuwait192
4,315 Finland181
10,151 Malaysia177
75,867 Russia168
21,011 Mexico157
7,135 Israel153
5,195 Norway144
72,789 Indonesia116
2,171 Jamaica107
Countries with thousands of Kamara:
2,785 Nigeria8,864
567 Sudan7,732
188 Mali7,596
48 The Gambia6,633
6,928 United States5,548
689 Ghana5,432
1,884 England4,237
1,591 Kenya3,610
3,446 France2,265
2,550 Morocco1,947
2,758 Tanzania1,921
3,957 Egypt1,839
5,915 Germany1,580
30,477 India1,198
Countries with ten thousands of Kamara:
2 Liberia57,149
102 Ivory Coast20,748
62 Guinea18,111
117 Senegal13,312
443 Uganda13,069
Countries with hundred thousands of Kamara:
1 Sierra Leone383,818
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Kamara Namesakes

    Alhassan Kamara, Sierra Leone footballer
    Kei Kamara, Sierra Leone footballer
  • Abdelaziz Kamara, Soccer player
  • Paul Kamara, Journalist
  • Aboubakar Kamara, Soccer player
  • Adama Kamara, Alvin Kamara's mother
  • Ola Kamara, Soccer player
  • Chris Kamara, Soccer player
  • Alhaji Kamara, Soccer player
  • Usman Boie Kamara, Politician
  • Alhassan Kamara, Soccer player
  • Alie John Kamara, Cricket player
  • In 2011, Kadiatu Kamara played the role of Aina in drama film Aina.

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