Jämsa Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Jämsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Jämsä (3,002) & Jamsa (1,019) are calculated separately.
Jämsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jämsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jämsa is carried by more people in Estonia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Jämsä or Jamsa. Click here for further possible spellings of Jämsa.
How Common Is The Last Name Jämsa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jämsa live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The last name Jämsa is most commonly used in Estonia, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 110,150. Outside of Estonia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jämsä | 93 | 3,002 | / |
| Jamsa | 93 | 1,019 | / |
| Jemsa | 80 | 388 | / |
| Jimsa | 80 | 22 | / |
| Jamsai | 73 | 1,894 | / |
| Jamsha | 73 | 66 | / |
| Jamsay | 73 | 63 | / |
| Jaimsa | 73 | 15 | / |
| Jemsai | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jimsha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jimsad | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jeamsa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Djimsa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Jemsad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jemsha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jämsee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jämsjä | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jimsai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jaemsai | 67 | 104 | / |
| Jimshad | 67 | 48 | / |
| Emsa | 67 | 43 | / |
| Jamshai | 67 | 18 | / |
| Jiemsap | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jihamsa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Djimssa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Djuimsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jemshad | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Jämsa
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