Jamess Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Jamess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
Jamess (137) may also be a first name.
Jamess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jamess Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jamess is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamess? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,352,516th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 38 percent of Jamess are found; 33 percent are found in North America and 33 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 790,880th most frequent given name throughout the world, held by 137 people.
It is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 17,259,949. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Virginia, where 33 percent are found, California, where 24 percent are found and Texas, where 14 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent are found and Pakistan, where 9 percent are found.
Jamess Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Jamess has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jamess last name contracted 19 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Jamess
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