James-Paul Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

James-Paul Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: James & Paul.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

James-Paul Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

James-Paul (17) may also be a first name.

James-Paul Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name James-Paul Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name James-Paul is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name James-Paul? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most common family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of James-Paul are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. James-Paul is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Trinidad and Tobago, where 33 percent live.

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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 James-Paul
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