Jammeh Surname
Approximately 43,329 people bear this surname
Jammeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 42,344 | 1:45 | 8 |
| England | 243 | 1:229,292 | 19,121 |
| United States | 231 | 1:1,569,086 | 105,843 |
| Spain | 183 | 1:255,476 | 16,239 |
| Sweden | 126 | 1:78,149 | 5,835 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| Norway | 27 | 1:190,455 | 22,163 |
| Denmark | 25 | 1:225,789 | 17,947 |
| Finland | 20 | 1:274,835 | 20,939 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Jammeh (28) may also be a first name.
Jammeh Demographics
Average Jammeh Salary in
United States
$32,789 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jammeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jammeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jammeh (Arabic: جامه) occurs more in The Gambia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jammeh? popularity and diffusion
Jammeh is the 12,947th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 168,191 people. Jammeh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Jammeh live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Jammeh is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 28 people.
The surname is most widely held in The Gambia, where it is held by 42,344 people, or 1 in 45. Beside The Gambia Jammeh exists in 41 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Jammeh Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jammeh last name are 41.21% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.44% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Jammeh earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 27.74% less than the national average, earning 250,066 kr per year; in United States they earn 24.01% less than the national average, earning $32,789 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $30,084 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jammeh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jammeh in the Arabic language | ||
| جامه | jamh | - |
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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 Jammeh
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