Jamau Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Jamau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 137 | 1:215,286 | 12,518 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Brunei | 30 | 1:13,958 | 1,702 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Jamau (127) may also be a first name.
Jamau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jamau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jamau (Hindi: जमाऊ, Marathi: जमाउ) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jamau is the 1,003,904th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Jamau live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jamau is also the 825,494th most widespread first name internationally, held by 127 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 215,286. In Malaysia Jamau is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 95 percent are found, Johor, where 3 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 1 percent are found. Other than Malaysia this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and Brunei, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jamau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jamau in the Hindi language | ||
| जमाऊ | jama'u | 40 |
| जामौ | jamau | 40 |
| जमऊ | jama'u | 20 |
| Jamau in the Marathi language | ||
| जमाउ | jama'u | 25 |
| जमऊ | jama'u | 25 |
| जमौऊ | jamau'u | 25 |
| जमाऊ | jama'u | 25 |
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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 Jamau
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