Kamaru wannan suna na Kameru (da Turanci Cameroon, da Faransanci Cameroun) ya samu ne daga sunan duwatsu masu tsarki , a shekara ta 1302 da hijira Kasar Jamus suka fara rainon kasar, kuma a shekara ta 1335 ta hijira sai kasar Biritaniya da faransa suka rabata gida biyu kowa ya raina rabi-rabi amma Kasar faransa tana daukan kashi uku ne na daga cikin kudin arzikin kasar a shekara ta 19 sai yankin da faransa ke iko dashi ya hade da kameru a shekara ta 1922 sai sukaye zabe a duk fadin kasar a wannan lokacin Ahamad ahidajo ya rike shukabancin kasar amma baijima ba sai ya sauka yabawa mataimakin sa fadin Kasar Kamaru zai kai 475,442 km tanada kimanin mutane daza sukai (10,691,000) a kidayar shekara ta 1988 . Douala itaci babban birnin Kasar tanada kimanin rabin miliyan na mutane da suke zaune a cikinta, Kamaru tanada yare biyu da take amfani dasu amatsayin yaren Kasar, sune; ( Faransanci a gabashin kasar da Turanci a yammacin kasar akawai wasu yaruka masu dinbin yawa. Kamuru ta Faransa da ta Biritaniya sun hade ne a shekara ta 1961 a wannan lokacine ta zama Tarayyar jamhuriyar Kamaru, amma a shekara ta 1984 sai suka samata sunan Jamhuriyar Kamaru.