Kamau is used as a family name or surname in Kenya. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kamau
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Kenya
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kamau

How popular is Kamau?

Kamau is common in Kenya.

Kamau is ranked 1257 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kamaus grew by 193.9394 per cent to 1552 since 2000 and ranked 17992 after elevating 21248 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 88.53 75.38
Others 4.12 11.93
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.16 7.2
White 3.03 3.6
Kamau is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Kenya which signifies that it is originated from Kenya. Around 421695 people have been found who wears Kamau as their family name. Kamau is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
1,214 Sudan7
7,031 China6
311 Burundi5
946 Papua New Guinea5
32,695 Nigeria3
14,193 Egypt3
25,074 Greece3
6,706 Lebanon3
4,231 Jamaica2
18,625 Japan2
631 Swaziland2
2,617 Cambodia2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
3,670 Mozambique2
147,165 Czech Republic2
54,135 Philippines2
26,123 Malaysia2
18,718 Thailand2
5,318 Iraq2
139,444 Brazil2
3,214 Niger1
14,618 Guyana1
880 Djibouti1
6,149 Ethiopia1
13,606 Senegal1
2,505 Congo1
799 British Virgin Islands1
19,810 Croatia1
2,374 Bermuda1
37,493 Austria1
492,292 Ukraine1
24,771 Colombia1
8,371 Syria1
16,640 Hong Kong1
21,562 Portugal1
2,196 Liberia1
2,078 Lesotho1
14,373 Jordan1
971 Seychelles1
36,678 Singapore1
700 Somalia1
3,071 Jersey1
5,553 Taiwan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
97 Tuvalu1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
20,172 Hungary1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,292 Vietnam1
8,268 Mauritius1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,564 New Zealand50
43,662 Belgium30
57,220 Netherlands27
9,692 Ireland27
20,233 Denmark25
407,590 India21
6,896 Trinidad and Tobago13
62,309 Zimbabwe13
442,509 Russia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
91,823 Indonesia88
2,053 Bahrain73
15,572 Switzerland72
3,722 Qatar68
33,202 Australia67
643 Iceland60
85,668 Italy56
6,104 Wales56
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Kamau:
7,288 England941
5,548 Tanzania912
8,044 South Africa804
1,331 United Arab Emirates795
22,254 Germany471
7,314 Saudi Arabia462
7,729 Ghana320
1,467 Namibia244
3,515 Norway203
28,734 Poland191
2,520 Botswana157
2,714 Kuwait139
71,478 France135
5,813 Finland133
8,002 Sweden116
29,611 Canada114
Countries with thousands of Kamau:
920 Uganda6,908
651 Afghanistan4,745
955 Zambia1,807
18,118 United States1,803
1,077 Rwanda1,473
Countries with hundred thousands of Kamau:
3 Kenya397,913
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Kamau Namesakes

  • Azaan Kamau, Film actor
  • Cephas C. Kamau, Author
  • Diop Kamau, Executive
  • Evalyne Kamau, Actress
  • Ian Kamau, Hip-hop artist
  • Jamleck Irungu Kamau, Politician
  • James Maina Kamau, Politician
  • Jamleck Irungu Kamau, Politician
  • James Maina Kamau, Politician
  • Daniel Kamau, Author

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