Jamai Surname
Approximately 11,155 people bear this surname
Jamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 8,895 | 1:3,876 | 399 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| France | 439 | 1:151,305 | 23,468 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Papua New Guinea | 161 | 1:50,644 | 6,358 |
| Indonesia | 142 | 1:931,332 | 69,143 |
| Spain | 139 | 1:336,346 | 19,522 |
| India | 114 | 1:6,728,644 | 151,199 |
| Malaysia | 92 | 1:320,589 | 17,368 |
| Belgium | 83 | 1:138,514 | 19,805 |
| Pakistan | 59 | 1:3,027,862 | 24,468 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| Tunisia | 42 | 1:14,539 | 2,384 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Jamaï (190) are calculated separately.
Jamai (1,869) may also be a first name.
Jamai Demographics
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Jamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jamai (Bengali: জামই, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻤﻊ, Hindi: जमई, Marathi: जामई, Oriya: ଜମାଇ, Tibetan: ཇཱ་མའི།) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Jamaï. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 46,470th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 653,299 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Jamai live; 80 percent live in North Africa and 80 percent live in Mahgreb. Jamai is also the 176,043rd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 1,869 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is carried by 8,895 people, or 1 in 3,876. Apart from Morocco Jamai occurs in 50 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 4 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.
Jamai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Jamai last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Jamai earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.12% less than the national average, earning $40,510 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.85% less than the national average, earning $48,268 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jamai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jamai in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻤﻊ | jm | - |
| Jamai in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཇཱ་མའི། | jamé | - |
| Jamai in the Marathi language | ||
| जामई | jama'i | 62.75 |
| जमाई | jama'i | 17.65 |
| जमई | jama'i | 11.76 |
| जमै | jamai | 7.84 |
| Jamai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜମାଇ | jama'i | 61.54 |
| ଜାମାଇ | jama'i | 11.54 |
| ଯାମାଈ | yama'i | 11.54 |
| ଯମାଇ | yama'i | 7.69 |
| ଯାମାଇ | yama'i | 3.85 |
| ଡମାଇ | dama'i | 3.85 |
| Jamai in the Hindi language | ||
| जमई | jama'i | 55 |
| जमाई | jama'i | 27.5 |
| जामई | jama'i | 5 |
| जमइ | jama'i | 5 |
| जमाइ | jama'i | 5 |
| जमै | jamai | 2.5 |
| Jamai in the Bengali language | ||
| জামই | jama'i | 50 |
| জমই | jama'i | 50 |
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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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- 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 Jamai
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