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) is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,003,904th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. Jamau occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Jamau reside; 80 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 825,494th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 127 people.
This last name is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 215,286. In Malaysia Jamau is most prevalent in: Sarawak, where 95 percent live, Johor, where 3 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 1 percent live. Not including Malaysia it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent live and Brunei, where 12 percent live.
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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