Jamenan Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Jamenan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jamenan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Jamenan (11) may also be a first name.

Jamenan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jamenan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Jamenan is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Jamenan.

How Common Is The Last Name Jamenan? popularity and diffusion

Jamenan is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Jamenan are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 100 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Jamenan is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.

It is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: East Sepik, where 100 percent reside.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Jamenan
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