Jamu Surname
Approximately 17,928 people bear this surname
Jamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 6,666 | 1:2,568 | 316 |
| Mozambique | 6,180 | 1:4,411 | 1,010 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,659 | 1:5,806 | 606 |
| India | 928 | 1:826,579 | 36,751 |
| Nigeria | 454 | 1:390,182 | 20,575 |
| Indonesia | 347 | 1:381,122 | 32,528 |
| Malaysia | 189 | 1:156,054 | 9,695 |
| Uganda | 105 | 1:371,803 | 23,930 |
| Pakistan | 94 | 1:1,900,467 | 18,692 |
| Tanzania | 65 | 1:814,486 | 42,828 |
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| Namibia | 50 | 1:48,188 | 6,016 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
The alternate forms: Jamú (5) are calculated separately.
Jamu (8,451) may also be a first name.
Jamu Demographics
Average Jamu Salary in
South Africa
R 373,008
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Jamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jamu (Bengali: যমু, Georgian: ჯამუ, Hindi: जमू, Marathi: जमु, Oriya: ଜାମୁ, Tibetan: རྒྱ་མོ།) is found most frequently in Malawi. It may occur as a variant: Jamú. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 29,835th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 406,490 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Jamu reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Jamu is also the 68,590th most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 8,451 people.
The last name Jamu is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 6,666 people, or 1 in 2,568. Other than Malawi it exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in Mozambique, where 34 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 15 percent are found.
Jamu Last Name Statistics demography
Jamu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.96% more than the national average, earning R 373,008 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jamu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jamu in the Georgian language | ||
| ჯამუ | jamu | - |
| Jamu in the Bengali language | ||
| যমু | yamu | - |
| Jamu in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྒྱ་མོ། | gyamo | 50 |
| རྒྱ་མུ། | gyamu | 50 |
| Jamu in the Hindi language | ||
| जमू | jamu | 50 |
| जमु | jamu | 35.71 |
| जामू | jamu | 9.39 |
| जामु | jamu | 4.75 |
| झामू | jhamu | 0.05 |
| जतु | jatu | 0.05 |
| Jamu in the Marathi language | ||
| जमु | jamu | 43.09 |
| जामु | jamu | 27.87 |
| जमू | jamu | 14.75 |
| जामू | jamu | 13.82 |
| झामू | jhamu | 0.23 |
| Jamu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାମୁ | jamu | 38.34 |
| ଜମୁ | jamu | 23.87 |
| ଯମୁ | yamu | 18.44 |
| ଯାମୁ | yamu | 16.46 |
| ଯମୂ | yamu | 1.27 |
| ଜମୂ | jamu | 0.36 |
| ଜାମୂ | jamu | 0.36 |
| ଯାମୂ | yamu | 0.18 |
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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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- 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 Jamu
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