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
Average Jamas Salary in
United States
$29,333 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Jamás. Click here for further potential spellings of Jamas.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 322,008th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,287,788 people. The last name Jamas occurs predominantly in Africa, where 37 percent of Jamas are found; 24 percent are found in South Asia and 21 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Jamas is also the 233,435th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 1,159 people.
This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 3,130,879. In India it is primarily found in: Gujarat, where 86 percent are found, Madhya Pradesh, where 4 percent are found and Chandigarh, where 3 percent are found. Barring India Jamas is found in 32 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found and Brazil, where 20 percent are found.
Jamas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Jamas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jamas last name fell 29 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Jamas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Jamas last name is chiefly 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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