Jamest Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Jamest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jamest (46) may also be a first name.
Jamest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jamest Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jamest is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamest? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Jamest are found; 53 percent are found in South Asia and 53 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Jamest is also the 1,484,914th most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 46 people.
It is most frequently held in Iran, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 9,597,816. In Iran Jamest is most prevalent in: Fars Province, where 88 percent reside and Hormozgan Province, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Iran it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent reside and China, where 7 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 Jamest
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