Kamga

surname · Latin script

Meaning: aus Hawaii stammender weibl

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kamɡa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kamga is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cameroon than in any other country, where it is the 16th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 795(inferred from the name graph)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 151K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 350K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Cameroon (inferred from the name graph)

≈35,000 people, est.

Sources
159 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 795 (inferred from the name graph)

Cameroon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

aus Hawaii stammender weibl. Vom. (»die Einzige«).

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kamga counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kamga is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CM Cameroon#16≈35,000 est.≈1 in 795listedKamga34
FR France—≈450 est.≈1 in 151K18Kamga159
US United States—≈110 est.≈1 in 3.1MlistedKamga61
DE Germany—≈100 est.≈1 in 779Klisted—2
DZ Algeria—≈46 est.≈1 in 928K—Kamga4
ES Spain—301 in 1.7M30Kamga4
CH Switzerland—241 in 350K24—3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kamga is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Cameroon, Germany, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Kãmgã, Kāmğä, Ķãmğā

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Cameroon, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Kãmgã

  • Estonian name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Kâmgâ

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1960198020002020Maurice Kamga, b. 1967Mohammed Kamga, b. 1987Vanessa Kamga, b. 1998Patricia Kamga, b. 2006Enis Kamga, b. 2007

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMonsieur,Dear Mr Kamga, (English)
InformalBonjour Kamga,Hi Kamga, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Kamga
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—30#63,315
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—30#62,916
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202424#32,062
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199118—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198118—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197117—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19612—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19511—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921——

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Kamga?
A machine transcription gives /kamɡa/ (IPA) for French.
What does the name Kamga mean?
Recorded meaning: aus Hawaii stammender weibl.
In which country does Kamga have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 35 thousand people named Kamga in Cameroon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kamga.
How common is the name Kamga?
In Spain, the national register counted 30 people named Kamga, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.
How common is Kamga compared with other names?
In Cameroon, Kamga is the 16th most common surname of 27,213 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kamga” — the 16th most common surname in Cameroon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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