Lewis-James Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Trinidad and Tobago
Highest density in:
Grenada

Lewis-James Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Lewis & James.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lewis-James Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England31:18,572,686338,250
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Lewis-James Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lewis-James Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lewis-James occurs more in Trinidad and Tobago more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lewis-James.

How Common Is The Last Name Lewis-James? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Lewis-James occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Lewis-James live; 40 percent live in Caribbean and 40 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

The surname Lewis-James is most commonly used in Trinidad and Tobago, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 272,795. In Trinidad and Tobago it is mostly found in: San Juan-Laventille Regional Corporation, where 40 percent live, Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation, where 20 percent live and Eastern Tobago, where 20 percent live. Other than Trinidad and Tobago this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live and England, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lewis James911/
Louis-James822/
Louise-James782/
Louisy-James781/

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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 Lewis-James
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