Jämsä Surname
Approximately 3,002 people bear this surname
Jämsä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 2,893 | 1:1,900 | 289 |
| Sweden | 89 | 1:110,638 | 7,962 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
The alternate forms: Jämsa (13) & Jamsa (1,019) are calculated separately.
Jämsä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jämsä Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jämsä is found most in Finland. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Jämsa or Jamsa. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jämsä? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 147,476th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,427,564 people. The surname Jämsä is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jämsä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is carried by 2,893 people, or 1 in 1,900. In Finland Jämsä is most common in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 45 percent live, Uusimaa, where 19 percent live and Lapland, where 5 percent live. Not including Finland Jämsä is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 3 percent live and Estonia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Jämsä
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