Jumper Surname
Approximately 4,168 people bear this surname
Jumper Surname Definition:
The first Mr. Jumper would appear to have derived his name not from his saltatory skill, but from his having been a maker of jumps, a kind of short leather coat or boddice, formerly worn by women. See Bailey and Halliwell. Jumper is also a northern provincialism for a miner's boring tool, and may have been metaphorically applied to the miner himself.
Read More About This SurnameJumper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,079 | 1:88,860 | 10,003 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 509 | 1:98,661 | 10,028 |
Jumper (64) may also be a first name.
Jumper Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The first Mr. Jumper would appear to have derived his name not from his saltatory skill, but from his having been a maker of jumps, a kind of short leather coat or boddice, formerly worn by women. See Bailey and Halliwell. Jumper is also a northern provincialism for a miner's boring tool, and may have been metaphorically applied to the miner himself.
From Jeane Pierre. Lower thinks the name means a maker of jumps, a short leather coat or boddice formerly worn by women.
Jumper Demographics
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Jumper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jumper Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jumper is most common in The United States. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jumper? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 111,432nd most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,748,452 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Jumper reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,223,525th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 64 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 4,079 people, or 1 in 88,860. In The United States Jumper is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 16 percent are found, Texas, where 14 percent are found and South Carolina, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The United States it is found in 31 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 0 percent are found and Peru, where 0 percent are found.
Jumper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Jumper has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jumper surname rose 801 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 64 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Jumper Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Jumper surname are 13.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.41% being registered with the party.
The amount Jumper earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 49.24% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,839 per year and in United States they earn 4.05% less than the national average, earning $41,401 USD per year.
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Jumper Reference & Research
Schumpert/Jumper FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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