Jamish Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Jamish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 56 | 1:1,371,116 | 56,327 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Yemen | 10 | 1:2,642,529 | 14,606 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
Jamish (113) may also be a first name.
Jamish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jamish Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jamish (Hindi: जमीश, Marathi: जमीस, Oriya: ଜାମିଶ) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamish? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,727,723rd most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Jamish occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Jamish are found; 63 percent are found in South Asia and 54 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 881,625th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 113 people.
The last name Jamish is most prevalent in Iran, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 1,371,116. In Iran it is most numerous in: Isfahan Province, where 50 percent live and Kermanshah Province, where 50 percent live. Excluding Iran Jamish exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 14 percent live and Syria, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jamish Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jamish in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାମିଶ | jamisa | - |
| Jamish in the Hindi language | ||
| जमीश | jamisa | 85.71 |
| जामिश | jamisa | 9.52 |
| जमीष | jamisa | 4.76 |
| Jamish in the Marathi language | ||
| जमीस | jamisa | 50 |
| जमीश | jamisa | 50 |
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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 Jamish
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