Jaems Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Jaems Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jaems Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
India61:127,844,230863,365
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Jaems (71) may also be a first name.

Jaems Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jaems Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Jaems (Hindi: जैम्स, Marathi: जंे) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jaems? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,422,956th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Jaems live; 80 percent live in North Africa and 80 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most frequent given name on earth, held by 71 people.

The surname Jaems is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Without taking into account Egypt this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and Pakistan, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jaemse914/
Jams89621/
Jayeems833/
Jaggems831/
Jaemsch830/
Ejams80382/
Ijams80306/
Jaims80276/
Jeams80124/
Caems8085/
Jamsh8083/
Jeems8043/
Ejems8010/
Saems806/
Jayms805/
Jeims803/
Jaemz802/
Jamss801/
Jamms801/
Jaums801/
Joems800/
Jjams800/
Jayims73231/
Jeyims73114/
Yejams738/
Jeamse731/
Jayams731/
Jeaims731/
Jaimse731/
Jaimsh731/
Jheims731/
Ijhams730/
Jamz6780/
Joggems6777/
Jaggims671/
Jheimms671/
Jeyeems671/

Jaems Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jaems in the Marathi language
जंेjame-
Jaems in the Hindi language
जैम्सjaimsa50
जेम्सjemsa50

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jaems
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