Jamas Surname
Approximately 1,159 people bear this surname
Jamas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 245 | 1:3,130,879 | 92,461 |
| Nigeria | 236 | 1:750,605 | 34,037 |
| Brazil | 233 | 1:918,774 | 32,884 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| Spain | 31 | 1:1,508,130 | 46,256 |
| Pakistan | 30 | 1:5,954,796 | 35,971 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 1:1,092,379 | 48,277 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Jamás (2) are calculated separately.
Jamas (1,159) may also be a first name.
Jamas Demographics
Jamas Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Jamas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jamas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jamas (Arabic: جماس, Hindi: जमस, Marathi: जामास, Oriya: େଜମସ) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Jamás. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 322,008th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,287,788 people. The surname Jamas is predominantly found in Africa, where 37 percent of Jamas live; 24 percent live in South Asia and 21 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 233,435th most frequent given name globally It is held by 1,159 people.
This last name is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 3,130,879. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 86 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 4 percent live and Chandigarh, where 3 percent live. Other than India it exists in 32 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and Brazil, where 20 percent live.
Jamas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Jamas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Jamas surname decreased 29 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Jamas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Jamas last name is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Jamas earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.02% less than the national average, earning $29,333 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jamas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jamas in the Hindi language | ||
| जमस | jamasa | 58.82 |
| जमसा | jamasa | 29.41 |
| जामसा | jamasa | 5.88 |
| जमास | jamasa | 5.88 |
| Jamas in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜମସ | ejamasa | 40 |
| ଜମସ | jamasa | 20 |
| େଯମସ | eyamasa | 20 |
| େଜମସ୍ | ejamas | 20 |
| Jamas in the Marathi language | ||
| जामास | jamasa | 31.58 |
| जमस-या | jamasa-ya | 31.58 |
| जमस | jamasa | 15.79 |
| जमशेद | jamaseda | 5.26 |
| जामस | jamasa | 5.26 |
| आरशा | arasa | 5.26 |
| जमास | jamasa | 5.26 |
| Jamas in the Arabic language | ||
| جماس | jmas | - |
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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 Jamas
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