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 more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamau? popularity and diffusion
Jamau is the 1,003,904th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 28,691,126 people. Jamau 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 widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 127 people.
The surname is most common in Malaysia, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 215,286. In Malaysia Jamau is most prevalent in: Sarawak, where 95 percent reside, Johor, where 3 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Malaysia Jamau occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and Brunei, where 12 percent reside.
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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